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| | | <a href="/adoption" class="nav__submenu-item-link"><h3 class="nav__submenu-item-sub-heading">Adoption</h3></a> <div class="usa-col"> |
| | | <ul class="usa-nav__submenu-list level-2"> |
| | | <li class="usa-nav__submenu-item level-3"> |
| | | <a href="/adoption/before-you-start" class="nav__submenu-item-link"><span class="nav__submenu-item-link__text">Before You Start</span></a> |
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| | | <li class="usa-nav__submenu-item level-3"> |
| | | <a href="/adoption/immigration-through-adoption" class="nav__submenu-item-link"><span class="nav__submenu-item-link__text">Immigration through Adoption</span></a> |
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| | | <a href="/military/military" class="nav__submenu-item-link"><h3 class="nav__submenu-item-sub-heading">Military</h3></a> <div class="usa-col"> |
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| | | <li class="usa-nav__submenu-item level-3"> |
| | | <a href="/military/citizenship-for-military-family-members" class="nav__submenu-item-link"><span class="nav__submenu-item-link__text">Citizenship for Military Family Members</span></a> |
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| | | <a href="/military/naturalization-through-military-service" class="nav__submenu-item-link"><span class="nav__submenu-item-link__text">Naturalization Through Military Service</span></a> |
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| | | <a href="/humanitarian" class="nav__submenu-item-link"><h3 class="nav__submenu-item-sub-heading">Humanitarian</h3></a> <div class="usa-col"> |
| | | <ul class="usa-nav__submenu-list level-2"> |
| | | <li class="usa-nav__submenu-item level-3"> |
| | | <a href="/humanitarian/humanitarian_parole" class="nav__submenu-item-link"><span class="nav__submenu-item-link__text">Humanitarian Parole</span></a> |
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| | | <a href="/humanitarian/refugees-asylum" class="nav__submenu-item-link"><span class="nav__submenu-item-link__text">Refugees and Asylum</span></a> |
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| | | <a href="/humanitarian/temporary-protected-status" class="nav__submenu-item-link"><span class="nav__submenu-item-link__text">Temporary Protected Status</span></a> |
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| | | <div class="usa-col"> |
| | | <ul class="usa-nav__submenu-list level-1"> |
| | | <li class="usa-nav__submenu-item level-2"> |
| | | <a href="/visit-the-us" class="nav__submenu-item-link"><h3 class="nav__submenu-item-sub-heading">Visit the U.S.</h3></a> <div class="usa-col"> |
| | | <ul class="usa-nav__submenu-list level-2"> |
| | | <li class="usa-nav__submenu-item level-3"> |
| | | <a href="/visit-the-united-states/change-my-nonimmigrant-status" class="nav__submenu-item-link"><span class="nav__submenu-item-link__text">Change My Nonimmigrant Status</span></a> |
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| | | <a href="/visit-the-united-states/extend-your-stay" class="nav__submenu-item-link"><span class="nav__submenu-item-link__text">Extend Your Stay</span></a> |
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| | | <a href="/working-in-the-united-states" class="nav__submenu-item-link"><h3 class="nav__submenu-item-sub-heading">Working in the United States</h3></a> <div class="usa-col"> |
| | | <ul class="usa-nav__submenu-list level-2"> |
| | | <li class="usa-nav__submenu-item level-3"> |
| | | <a href="/working-in-the-united-states/permanent-workers" class="nav__submenu-item-link"><span class="nav__submenu-item-link__text">Permanent Workers</span></a> |
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| | | <a href="/working-in-the-united-states/temporary-nonimmigrant-workers" class="nav__submenu-item-link"><span class="nav__submenu-item-link__text">Temporary (Nonimmigrant) Workers</span></a> |
| | | </li> |
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| | | <a href="https://www.e-verify.gov/" class="nav__submenu-item-link"><span class="nav__submenu-item-link__text">E-Verify</span></a> |
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| | | <li class="usa-nav__submenu-item level-3"> |
| | | <a href="/i-9-central" class="nav__submenu-item-link"><span class="nav__submenu-item-link__text">I-9 Central</span></a> |
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| | | <ul class="usa-nav__submenu-list level-1"> |
| | | <li class="usa-nav__submenu-item level-2"> |
| | | <a href="/avoid-scams" class="nav__submenu-item-link"><h3 class="nav__submenu-item-sub-heading">Avoid Scams</h3></a> <div class="usa-col"> |
| | | <ul class="usa-nav__submenu-list level-2"> |
| | | <li class="usa-nav__submenu-item level-3"> |
| | | <a href="/scams-fraud-and-misconduct/avoid-scams/common-scams" class="nav__submenu-item-link"><span class="nav__submenu-item-link__text">Common Scams</span></a> |
| | | </li> |
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| | | <a href="/scams-fraud-and-misconduct/avoid-scams/find-legal-services" class="nav__submenu-item-link"><span class="nav__submenu-item-link__text">Find Legal Services</span></a> |
| | | </li> |
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| | | <a href="/scams-fraud-and-misconduct/avoid-scams/report-immigration-scams" class="nav__submenu-item-link"><span class="nav__submenu-item-link__text">Report Immigration Scams</span></a> |
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| | | <a href="/about-us/careers-at-uscis" class="nav__submenu-item-link"><h3 class="nav__submenu-item-sub-heading">Careers at USCIS</h3></a> <div class="usa-col"> |
| | | <ul class="usa-nav__submenu-list level-2"> |
| | | <li class="usa-nav__submenu-item level-3"> |
| | | <a href="/about-us/careers/career-opportunities" class="nav__submenu-item-link"><span class="nav__submenu-item-link__text">Career Opportunities</span></a> |
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| | | <a href="/about-us/careers/special-hiring-programs" class="nav__submenu-item-link"><span class="nav__submenu-item-link__text">Special Hiring Programs</span></a> |
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| | | </li> |
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| | | <li class="usa-nav__primary-item level-1"> |
| | | <button class="usa-accordion__button usa-nav__link " aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="menu-88393" type="button"><span class="usa-nav__link__title">Forms</span></button> <div id="menu-88393" class="usa-nav__submenu usa-megamenu" hidden> |
| | | <div class="grid-row grid-gap-4 nav__submenu-title"><div class="desktop:grid-col-3"><div class="usa-nav__submenu-item"><a href="/forms/forms" class="nav__submenu-item-link"><h2 class="nav__submenu-item-parent-heading">Forms</h2></a></div></div></div> |
| | | <div class="grid-row grid-gap-4 nav__submenu-group"> |
| | | <div class="usa-col"> |
| | | <ul class="usa-nav__submenu-list level-1"> |
| | | <li class="usa-nav__submenu-item level-2"> |
| | | <div class="nav__submenu-item-nolink"><h3 class="nav__submenu-item-sub-heading">Most Accessed Forms</h3></div> <div class="usa-col"> |
| | | <ul class="usa-nav__submenu-list level-2"> |
| | | <li class="usa-nav__submenu-item level-3"> |
| | | <a href="/i-9" class="nav__submenu-item-link"><span class="nav__submenu-item-link__text">I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification</span></a> |
| | | </li> |
| | | |
| | | <li class="usa-nav__submenu-item level-3"> |
| | | <a href="/i-485" class="nav__submenu-item-link"><span class="nav__submenu-item-link__text">I-485, Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status</span></a> |
| | | </li> |
| | | |
| | | <li class="usa-nav__submenu-item level-3"> |
| | | <a href="/i-765" class="nav__submenu-item-link"><span class="nav__submenu-item-link__text">I-765, Application for Employment Authorization</span></a> |
| | | </li> |
| | | |
| | | <li class="usa-nav__submenu-item level-3"> |
| | | <a href="/i-90" class="nav__submenu-item-link"><span class="nav__submenu-item-link__text">I-90, Application to Replace Permanent Resident Card (Green Card)</span></a> |
| | | </li> |
| | | |
| | | <li class="usa-nav__submenu-item level-3"> |
| | | <a href="/n-400" class="nav__submenu-item-link"><span class="nav__submenu-item-link__text">N-400, Application for Naturalization</span></a> |
| | | </li> |
| | | |
| | | </ul> |
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| | | </div> |
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| | | </div> |
| | | |
| | | <div class="usa-col"> |
| | | <ul class="usa-nav__submenu-list level-1"> |
| | | <li class="usa-nav__submenu-item level-2"> |
| | | <div class="nav__submenu-item-nolink"><h3 class="nav__submenu-item-sub-heading">Family Based Forms</h3></div> <div class="usa-col"> |
| | | <ul class="usa-nav__submenu-list level-2"> |
| | | <li class="usa-nav__submenu-item level-3"> |
| | | <a href="/i-129f" class="nav__submenu-item-link"><span class="nav__submenu-item-link__text">I-129F, Petition for Alien FiancƩ(e)</span></a> |
| | | </li> |
| | | |
| | | <li class="usa-nav__submenu-item level-3"> |
| | | <a href="/i-130" class="nav__submenu-item-link"><span class="nav__submenu-item-link__text">I-130, Petition for Alien Relative</span></a> |
| | | </li> |
| | | |
| | | <li class="usa-nav__submenu-item level-3"> |
| | | <a href="/i-360" class="nav__submenu-item-link"><span class="nav__submenu-item-link__text">I-360, Petition for Amerasian, Widow(er), or Special Immigrant</span></a> |
| | | </li> |
| | | |
| | | <li class="usa-nav__submenu-item level-3"> |
| | | <a href="/i-600" class="nav__submenu-item-link"><span class="nav__submenu-item-link__text">I-600, Petition to Classify Orphan as an Immediate Relative</span></a> |
| | | </li> |
| | | |
| | | <li class="usa-nav__submenu-item level-3"> |
| | | <a href="/i-751" class="nav__submenu-item-link"><span class="nav__submenu-item-link__text">I-751, Petition to Remove Conditions on Residence</span></a> |
| | | </li> |
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| | | </ul> |
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| | | </div> |
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| | | </li> |
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| | | <li class="usa-nav__submenu-item level-2"> |
| | | <a href="/forms/all-forms" class="nav__submenu-item-link"><h3 class="nav__submenu-item-sub-heading">All Forms</h3></a> |
| | | </li> |
| | | |
| | | <li class="usa-nav__submenu-item level-2"> |
| | | <a href="/file-online" class="nav__submenu-item-link"><h3 class="nav__submenu-item-sub-heading">File Online</h3></a> |
| | | </li> |
| | | |
| | | </ul> |
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| | | </div> |
| | | |
| | | <div class="usa-col"> |
| | | <ul class="usa-nav__submenu-list level-1"> |
| | | <li class="usa-nav__submenu-item level-2"> |
| | | <div class="nav__submenu-item-nolink"><h3 class="nav__submenu-item-sub-heading">Employment Based Forms</h3></div> <div class="usa-col"> |
| | | <ul class="usa-nav__submenu-list level-2"> |
| | | <li class="usa-nav__submenu-item level-3"> |
| | | <a href="/i-129" class="nav__submenu-item-link"><span class="nav__submenu-item-link__text">I-129, Petition for a Nonimmigrant Worker</span></a> |
| | | </li> |
| | | |
| | | <li class="usa-nav__submenu-item level-3"> |
| | | <a href="/i-140" class="nav__submenu-item-link"><span class="nav__submenu-item-link__text">I-140, Immigrant Petition for Alien Workers</span></a> |
| | | </li> |
| | | |
| | | <li class="usa-nav__submenu-item level-3"> |
| | | <a href="/i-526" class="nav__submenu-item-link"><span class="nav__submenu-item-link__text">I-526, Immigrant Petition by Standalone Investor</span></a> |
| | | </li> |
| | | |
| | | <li class="usa-nav__submenu-item level-3"> |
| | | <a href="/i-539" class="nav__submenu-item-link"><span class="nav__submenu-item-link__text">I-539, Application to Extend/Change Nonimmigrant Status</span></a> |
| | | </li> |
| | | |
| | | </ul> |
| | | |
| | | </div> |
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| | | </li> |
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| | | </ul> |
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| | | </div> |
| | | |
| | | <div class="usa-col"> |
| | | <ul class="usa-nav__submenu-list level-1"> |
| | | <li class="usa-nav__submenu-item level-2"> |
| | | <div class="nav__submenu-item-nolink"><h3 class="nav__submenu-item-sub-heading">Humanitarian Based Forms</h3></div> <div class="usa-col"> |
| | | <ul class="usa-nav__submenu-list level-2"> |
| | | <li class="usa-nav__submenu-item level-3"> |
| | | <a href="/i-589" class="nav__submenu-item-link"><span class="nav__submenu-item-link__text">I-589, Application for Asylum and for Withholding of Removal</span></a> |
| | | </li> |
| | | |
| | | <li class="usa-nav__submenu-item level-3"> |
| | | <a href="/i-730" class="nav__submenu-item-link"><span class="nav__submenu-item-link__text">I-730, Refugee/Asylee Relative Petition</span></a> |
| | | </li> |
| | | |
| | | <li class="usa-nav__submenu-item level-3"> |
| | | <a href="/i-821" class="nav__submenu-item-link"><span class="nav__submenu-item-link__text">I-821, Application for Temporary Protected Status</span></a> |
| | | </li> |
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| | | </ul> |
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| | | </div> |
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| | | </div> |
| | | </li> |
| | | |
| | | <li class="usa-nav__primary-item level-1"> |
| | | <button class="usa-accordion__button usa-nav__link " aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="menu-4153" type="button"><span class="usa-nav__link__title">Newsroom</span></button> <div id="menu-4153" class="usa-nav__submenu usa-megamenu" hidden> |
| | | <div class="grid-row grid-gap-4 nav__submenu-title"><div class="desktop:grid-col-3"><div class="usa-nav__submenu-item"><a href="/newsroom" class="nav__submenu-item-link"><h2 class="nav__submenu-item-parent-heading">Newsroom</h2></a></div></div></div> |
| | | <div class="grid-row grid-gap-4 nav__submenu-group"> |
| | | <div class="usa-col"> |
| | | <ul class="usa-nav__submenu-list level-1"> |
| | | <li class="usa-nav__submenu-item level-2"> |
| | | <a href="/newsroom/all-news" class="nav__submenu-item-link"><h3 class="nav__submenu-item-sub-heading">All News</h3></a> <div class="usa-col"> |
| | | <ul class="usa-nav__submenu-list level-2"> |
| | | <li class="usa-nav__submenu-item level-3"> |
| | | <a href="/newsroom/alerts" class="nav__submenu-item-link"><span class="nav__submenu-item-link__text">Alerts</span></a> |
| | | </li> |
| | | |
| | | <li class="usa-nav__submenu-item level-3"> |
| | | <a href="https://www.uscis.gov/news/all-news/fact-sheets" class="nav__submenu-item-link"><span class="nav__submenu-item-link__text">Fact Sheets</span></a> |
| | | </li> |
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| | | <li class="usa-nav__submenu-item level-3"> |
| | | <a href="/newsroom/news-releases" class="nav__submenu-item-link"><span class="nav__submenu-item-link__text">News Releases</span></a> |
| | | </li> |
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| | | <div class="usa-col"> |
| | | <ul class="usa-nav__submenu-list level-1"> |
| | | <li class="usa-nav__submenu-item level-2"> |
| | | <a href="/newsroom/media-contacts" class="nav__submenu-item-link"><h3 class="nav__submenu-item-sub-heading">Media Contacts</h3></a> |
| | | </li> |
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| | | <li class="usa-nav__submenu-item level-2"> |
| | | <a href="/newsroom/video-and-photo-gallery" class="nav__submenu-item-link"><h3 class="nav__submenu-item-sub-heading">Multimedia Gallery</h3></a> |
| | | </li> |
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| | | <li class="usa-nav__submenu-item level-2"> |
| | | <a href="/newsroom/social-media-directory" class="nav__submenu-item-link"><h3 class="nav__submenu-item-sub-heading">Social Media Directory</h3></a> |
| | | </li> |
| | | |
| | | <li class="usa-nav__submenu-item level-2"> |
| | | <a href="/newsroom/speeches-statements-testimony" class="nav__submenu-item-link"><h3 class="nav__submenu-item-sub-heading">Speeches, Statements, Testimony</h3></a> |
| | | </li> |
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| | | </ul> |
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| | | </div> |
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| | | </div> |
| | | </div> |
| | | </li> |
| | | |
| | | <li class="usa-nav__primary-item level-1"> |
| | | <button class="usa-accordion__button usa-nav__link " aria-expanded="false" aria-controls="menu-88387" type="button"><span class="usa-nav__link__title">Citizenship</span></button> <div id="menu-88387" class="usa-nav__submenu usa-megamenu" hidden> |
| | | <div class="grid-row grid-gap-4 nav__submenu-title"><div class="desktop:grid-col-3"><div class="usa-nav__submenu-item"><a href="/citizenship" class="nav__submenu-item-link"><h2 class="nav__submenu-item-parent-heading">Citizenship</h2></a></div></div></div> |
| | | <div class="grid-row grid-gap-4 nav__submenu-group"> |
| | | <div class="usa-col"> |
| | | <ul class="usa-nav__submenu-list level-1"> |
| | | <li class="usa-nav__submenu-item level-2"> |
| | | <div class="nav__submenu-item-nolink"><h3 class="nav__submenu-item-sub-heading">Learners</h3></div> <div class="usa-col"> |
| | | <ul class="usa-nav__submenu-list level-2"> |
| | | <li class="usa-nav__submenu-item level-3"> |
| | | <a href="/citizenship/apply-for-citizenship" class="nav__submenu-item-link"><span class="nav__submenu-item-link__text">Apply for Citizenship</span></a> |
| | | </li> |
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| | | <li class="usa-nav__submenu-item level-3"> |
| | | <a href="/citizenship/learn-about-citizenship" class="nav__submenu-item-link"><span class="nav__submenu-item-link__text">Learn About Citizenship</span></a> |
| | | </li> |
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| | | <li class="usa-nav__submenu-item level-3"> |
| | | <a href="/citizenship/find-study-materials-and-resources" class="nav__submenu-item-link"><span class="nav__submenu-item-link__text">Naturalization Test and Study Resources</span></a> |
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| | | <div class="usa-col"> |
| | | <ul class="usa-nav__submenu-list level-1"> |
| | | <li class="usa-nav__submenu-item level-2"> |
| | | <div class="nav__submenu-item-nolink"><h3 class="nav__submenu-item-sub-heading">Educators</h3></div> <div class="usa-col"> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to update agency guidance on when a valid marriage between a principal asylee or principal refugee and a derivative spouse has taken place.</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-4-part-c-chapter-2"><span class="citation">4 USCIS-PM C.2</span> - <span>Chapter 2 - Eligibility Requirements</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-4-part-c-chapter-4"><span class="citation">4 USCIS-PM C.4</span> - <span>Chapter 4 - Documentation and Evidence</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>USCIS is changing how the Medical Certification for Disability Exceptions (<a href="/n-648" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="906fb196-caf1-433c-abab-b6462f710416" data-entity-substitution="canonical">Form N-648</a>) is processed by focusing greater attention on the veracity of medical certifications and identification of fraud, thereby enhancing the integrity of the process.</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12-part-e-chapter-3"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM E.3</span> - <span>Chapter 3 - Medical Disability Exception (Form N-648)</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12-part-h-chapter-2"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM H.2</span> - <span>Chapter 2 - Definition of Child and Residence for Citizenship and Naturalization</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>This technical update revises references in the Policy Manual to refer to the memorandum <em>Issuance of Notices to Appear</em> <em>(NTAs) in Cases Involving Inadmissible and Deportable Aliens</em>, issued on February 28, 2025.</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-1-part-e-chapter-8"><span class="citation">1 USCIS-PM E.8</span> - <span>Chapter 8 - Discretionary Analysis</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-7-part-a-chapter-10"><span class="citation">7 USCIS-PM A.10</span> - <span>Chapter 10 - Legal Analysis and Use of Discretion</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-7-part-b-chapter-7"><span class="citation">7 USCIS-PM B.7</span> - <span>Chapter 7 - Other Barred Adjustment Applicants</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-7-part-q-chapter-2"><span class="citation">7 USCIS-PM Q.2</span> - <span>Chapter 2 - Eligibility</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-7-part-q-chapter-3"><span class="citation">7 USCIS-PM Q.3</span> - <span>Chapter 3 - Rescission Process</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-7-part-q-chapter-5"><span class="citation">7 USCIS-PM Q.5</span> - <span>Chapter 5 - Adjudication Procedures</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12-part-d-chapter-2"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM D.2</span> - <span>Chapter 2 - Lawful Permanent Resident Admission for Naturalization</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to address how and when USCIS may or may not disclose derogatory information before issuing an adverse decision to benefit requestors. This update provides USCIS officers with clear guidance on disclosure procedures and ensures that benefit requestors have the opportunity to rebut derogatory information in an adverse decision.</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-1-part-e-chapter-6"><span class="citation">1 USCIS-PM E.6</span> - <span>Chapter 6 - Evidence</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is making a necessary change to its policy to reflect that the Report of Immigration Medical Examination and Vaccination Record (<a href="/i-693" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="ea20dcd6-cd25-402b-84c2-39f1c66f00e1" data-entity-substitution="canonical">Form I-693</a>) is generally valid only for the immigration benefit application for which it was submitted, such as the Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status (<a href="/i-485" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="6d9a13a3-f3c9-4773-b112-0015c55ae4dd" data-entity-substitution="canonical">Form I-485</a>). Current policy jeopardizes public health by allowing the submission of a Form I-693 tied to any previous immigration benefit application or request, which could include instances where the medical examination results are outdated or where aliens failed to follow up on necessary or recommended medical treatment for tuberculosis.</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-8-part-b-chapter-4"><span class="citation">8 USCIS-PM B.4</span> - <span>Chapter 4 - Review of Medical Examination Documentation</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to eliminate automatic consideration of deferred action (and related employment authorization) for aliens classified as Special Immigrant Juveniles (SIJs) who are ineligible to apply for adjustment of status to lawful permanent resident (LPR) status due to visa unavailability.</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-6-part-j-chapter-4"><span class="citation">6 USCIS-PM J.4</span> - <span>Chapter 4 - Adjudication</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2025-06-05T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">June 05, 2025</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is rescinding policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual regarding stateless aliens present in the United States.</p></div> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual regarding certain eligibility requirements, including filing, petitions for classification, and change of status relating to the āTNā nonimmigrant visa classification under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), formerly known as the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA).</p></div> |
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| | | <div class="pm-resource__update_header">Technical Update - Removal of COVID-19 Vaccine Requirement</div> |
| | | <div><br><time datetime="2025-05-13T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">May 13, 2025</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>This technical update to Volume 8, Admissibility, removes the COVID-19 vaccination requirement to align with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Technical Instructions and makes other minor technical changes.</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-8-part-b-chapter-3"><span class="citation">8 USCIS-PM B.3</span> - <span>Chapter 3 - Applicability of Medical Examination and Vaccination Requirement</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-8-part-b-chapter-9"><span class="citation">8 USCIS-PM B.9</span> - <span>Chapter 9 - Vaccination Requirement</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2025-04-02T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">April 02, 2025</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is updating policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to clarify that USCIS recognizes the two biological sexes, male or female, for purposes of reviewing benefit requests and USCIS-issued documents.</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-1-part-e-chapter-5"><span class="citation">1 USCIS-PM E.5</span> - <span>Chapter 5 - Verification of Identifying Information</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-11-part-a-chapter-2"><span class="citation">11 USCIS-PM A.2</span> - <span>Chapter 2 - USCIS-Issued Secure Identity Documents</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12-part-g-chapter-2"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM G.2</span> - <span>Chapter 2 - Marriage and Marital Union for Naturalization</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12-part-h-chapter-2"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM H.2</span> - <span>Chapter 2 - Definition of Child and Residence for Citizenship and Naturalization</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12-part-k-chapter-2"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM K.2</span> - <span>Chapter 2 - Certificate of Citizenship</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12-part-k-chapter-3"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM K.3</span> - <span>Chapter 3 - Certificate of Naturalization</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12-part-k-chapter-4"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM K.4</span> - <span>Chapter 4 - Application for Replacement of Naturalization/Citizenship Document</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>This technical update makes minor changes to the Policy Manual to remove an obsolete alert box and to conform with changes to the USCIS website.</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-1-part-a-chapter-1"><span class="citation">1 USCIS-PM A.1</span> - <span>Chapter 1 - Purpose and Background</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-1-part-a-chapter-8"><span class="citation">1 USCIS-PM A.8</span> - <span>Chapter 8 - Conduct in USCIS Facilities</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-1-part-a-chapter-9"><span class="citation">1 USCIS-PM A.9</span> - <span>Chapter 9 - Feedback, Complaints, Misconduct, and Discrimination</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-4"><span class="citation">4 USCIS-PM</span> - <span>Volume 4 - Refugees and Asylees</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>This technical update replaces all instances of the term ānoncitizenā with āalienā or other appropriate terms throughout the Policy Manual where possible, as used to refer to a person who meets the definition provided in INA 101(a)(3) [āany person not a citizen or national of the United Statesā], and makes other technical and conforming changes.</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-1"><span class="citation">1 USCIS-PM</span> - <span>Volume 1 - General Policies and Procedures</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-2"><span class="citation">2 USCIS-PM</span> - <span>Volume 2 - Nonimmigrants</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-3"><span class="citation">3 USCIS-PM</span> - <span>Volume 3 - Humanitarian Protection and Parole</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-4"><span class="citation">4 USCIS-PM</span> - <span>Volume 4 - Refugees and Asylees</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-5"><span class="citation">5 USCIS-PM</span> - <span>Volume 5 - Adoptions</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-6"><span class="citation">6 USCIS-PM</span> - <span>Volume 6 - Immigrants</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-7"><span class="citation">7 USCIS-PM</span> - <span>Volume 7 - Adjustment of Status</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-8"><span class="citation">8 USCIS-PM</span> - <span>Volume 8 - Admissibility</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-9"><span class="citation">9 USCIS-PM</span> - <span>Volume 9 - Waivers and Other Forms of Relief</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-10"><span class="citation">10 USCIS-PM</span> - <span>Volume 10 - Employment Authorization</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-11"><span class="citation">11 USCIS-PM</span> - <span>Volume 11 - Travel and Identity Documents</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM</span> - <span>Volume 12 - Citizenship and Naturalization</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to address how USCIS evaluates eligibility for second preference classification for national interest waiver petitions, for which the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) does not certify the job offer requirements.</p></div> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>This technical update to Volume 7 more precisely aligns the guidance with the statutory language at INA 204(j) by clarifying that adjustment applicants whose immigrant petitions are based on a national interest waiver are eligible for portability under the American Competitiveness in the Twenty-First Century Act of 2000 (AC21). However, because their immigrant visas are not tied to a specific job offer, such applicants do not need to file a Confirmation of Valid Job Offer or Request for Job Portability Under INA Section 204(j) (<a href="/i-485supj" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="c9966f6c-752d-488e-b0e7-c656bce3c47b" data-entity-substitution="canonical">Form I-485, Supplement J</a>) if they change jobs.</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-2-part-m-chapter-3"><span class="citation">2 USCIS-PM M.3</span> - <span>Chapter 3 - Petitioners</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-2-part-m-chapter-4"><span class="citation">2 USCIS-PM M.4</span> - <span>Chapter 4 - O-1 Beneficiaries</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-2-part-m-chapter-9"><span class="citation">2 USCIS-PM M.9</span> - <span>Chapter 9 - Admission, Extension of Stay, Change of Status, and Change of Employer</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2025-01-07T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">January 07, 2025</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is updating policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to clarify customer service options available to certain noncitizens whose applications or processes are subject to confidentiality protections. Such noncitizens include applicants of the Application for Asylum and for Withholding of Removal (<a href="/i-589" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="07b13fd1-4e31-40da-b16d-99e30625fd7f" data-entity-substitution="canonical">Form I-589</a>); applicants of the Application for Suspension of Deportation or Special Rule Cancellation of Removal (Pursuant to Section 203 of Public Law 105-100 (NACARA)) (<a href="/i-881" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="25ca273e-4ea6-4d8e-a824-42749a399b64" data-entity-substitution="canonical">Form I-881</a>); and noncitizens in the credible fear, reasonable fear, and Safe Third Country Agreement screening processes.</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-1-part-a-chapter-7"><span class="citation">1 USCIS-PM A.7</span> - <span>Chapter 7 - Privacy and Confidentiality</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div class="pm-resource__update_header">POLICY ALERT - Refugee and Asylee Relative Petitions</div> |
| | | <div><br><time datetime="2024-12-20T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">December 20, 2024</time> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-4-part-c-chapter-1"><span class="citation">4 USCIS-PM C.1</span> - <span>Chapter 1 - Purpose and Background</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-4-part-c-chapter-2"><span class="citation">4 USCIS-PM C.2</span> - <span>Chapter 2 - Eligibility Requirements</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-4-part-c-chapter-3"><span class="citation">4 USCIS-PM C.3</span> - <span>Chapter 3 - Admissibility and Waiver Requirements</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-4-part-c-chapter-4"><span class="citation">4 USCIS-PM C.4</span> - <span>Chapter 4 - Documentation and Evidence</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-4-part-c-chapter-5"><span class="citation">4 USCIS-PM C.5</span> - <span>Chapter 5 - Adjudication</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2024-12-19T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">December 19, 2024</time> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-1-part-h-chapter-1"><span class="citation">1 USCIS-PM H.1</span> - <span>Chapter 1 - Purpose and Background</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-1-part-h-chapter-2"><span class="citation">1 USCIS-PM H.2</span> - <span>Chapter 2 - Emergencies or Unforeseen Circumstances-Related Flexibilities</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-1-part-h-chapter-3"><span class="citation">1 USCIS-PM H.3</span> - <span>Chapter 3 - Operational Responses</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2024-12-18T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">December 18, 2024</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is updating policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to align with current case assistance and feedback avenues.</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-1-part-a-chapter-1"><span class="citation">1 USCIS-PM A.1</span> - <span>Chapter 1 - Purpose and Background</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-1-part-a-chapter-2"><span class="citation">1 USCIS-PM A.2</span> - <span>Chapter 2 - Web-Based Information</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-1-part-a-chapter-3"><span class="citation">1 USCIS-PM A.3</span> - <span>Chapter 3 - Types of Assistance</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-1-part-a-chapter-4"><span class="citation">1 USCIS-PM A.4</span> - <span>Chapter 4 - Service Request Management Tool</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-1-part-a-chapter-7"><span class="citation">1 USCIS-PM A.7</span> - <span>Chapter 7 - Privacy and Confidentiality</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-1-part-a-chapter-9"><span class="citation">1 USCIS-PM A.9</span> - <span>Chapter 9 - Feedback, Complaints, Misconduct, and Discrimination</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-1-part-a-chapter-10"><span class="citation">1 USCIS-PM A.10</span> - <span>Chapter 10 - Changes of Address</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2024-12-17T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">December 17, 2024</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>This technical update incorporates changes consistent with the newest form editions of the Application to Register Permanent Residence or Adjust Status (Form I-485) and Confirmation of Valid Offer or Request for Job Portability Under INA Section 204(j) (Form I-485 Supplement J), published on December 10, 2024. This update removes certain references to the Request for Exemption for Intending Immigrantās Affidavit of Support (Form I-864W), directs applicants how to request an exemption from the Form I-864 requirement when filing their adjustment of status application, and updates references to the newly retitled Form I-485, Supplement J.</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-7-part-e-chapter-5"><span class="citation">7 USCIS-PM E.5</span> - <span>Chapter 5 - Job Portability after Adjustment Filing and Other AC21 Provisions</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-8-part-g-chapter-6"><span class="citation">8 USCIS-PM G.6</span> - <span>Chapter 6 - Affidavit of Support Under Section 213A of the INA</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-8-part-g-chapter-9"><span class="citation">8 USCIS-PM G.9</span> - <span>Chapter 9 - Adjudicating Public Charge Inadmissibility for Adjustment of Status Applications</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2024-12-13T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">December 13, 2024</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to clarify guidance regarding jurisdiction over rescission of lawful permanent resident (LPR) status.</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-7-part-q-chapter-3"><span class="citation">7 USCIS-PM Q.3</span> - <span>Chapter 3 - Rescission Process</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2024-12-12T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">December 12, 2024</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual regarding the types of evidence that may support an application for a discretionary grant of international entrepreneur parole.</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-3-part-g-chapter-3"><span class="citation">3 USCIS-PM G.3</span> - <span>Chapter 3 - Documentation and Evidence</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2024-11-26T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">November 26, 2024</time> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-2-part-f-chapter-7"><span class="citation">2 USCIS-PM F.7</span> - <span>Chapter 7 - Absences From the United States</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2024-11-21T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">November 21, 2024</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to address adjustment of status for victims of severe forms of trafficking in persons (T nonimmigrants).</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-7-part-j-chapter-1"><span class="citation">7 USCIS-PM J.1</span> - <span>Chapter 1 - Purpose and Background</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-7-part-j-chapter-2"><span class="citation">7 USCIS-PM J.2</span> - <span>Chapter 2 - Eligibility Requirements</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-7-part-j-chapter-3"><span class="citation">7 USCIS-PM J.3</span> - <span>Chapter 3 - Documentation and Evidence</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-7-part-j-chapter-4"><span class="citation">7 USCIS-PM J.4</span> - <span>Chapter 4 - Filing</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-7-part-j-chapter-5"><span class="citation">7 USCIS-PM J.5</span> - <span>Chapter 5 - Adjudication</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2024-11-19T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">November 19, 2024</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual regarding the legal and physical custody requirements for purposes of acquisition of U.S. citizenship under Section 320 and naturalization under Section 322 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). USCIS is also expanding guidance on derivation of citizenship before the Child Citizenship Act (CCA), under former INA 321.</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12-part-h-chapter-1"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM H.1</span> - <span>Chapter 1 - Purpose and Background</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12-part-h-chapter-2"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM H.2</span> - <span>Chapter 2 - Definition of Child and Residence for Citizenship and Naturalization</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12-part-h-chapter-4"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM H.4</span> - <span>Chapter 4 - Automatic Acquisition of Citizenship after Birth (INA 320)</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12-part-h-chapter-5"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM H.5</span> - <span>Chapter 5 - Child Residing Outside the United States (INA 322)</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12-part-h-chapter-7"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM H.7</span> - <span>Chapter 7 - Deriving Citizenship Before the Child Citizenship Act of 2000 (Former INA 321 and 320)</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2024-11-14T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">November 14, 2024</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to clarify that a naturalization applicantās burden to demonstrate they have been lawfully admitted for permanent residence applies only to the applicantās initial admission as a lawful permanent resident (LPR) or adjustment to LPR status.</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12-part-d-chapter-2"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM D.2</span> - <span>Chapter 2 - Lawful Permanent Resident Admission for Naturalization</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div class="pm-resource__update_header">POLICY ALERT - Immigration Medical Examinations for Certain Afghan Nationals Who Arrived in the United States During Operation Allies Welcome</div> |
| | | <div><br><time datetime="2024-11-13T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">November 13, 2024</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is updating policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual regarding immigration medical examinations completed by certain Afghan nationals who arrived in the United States during Operation Allies Welcome (OAW).</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-8-part-b-chapter-3"><span class="citation">8 USCIS-PM B.3</span> - <span>Chapter 3 - Applicability of Medical Examination and Vaccination Requirement</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-8-part-b-chapter-4"><span class="citation">8 USCIS-PM B.4</span> - <span>Chapter 4 - Review of Medical Examination Documentation</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div class="pm-resource__update_header">Technical Update - Updating Name of Form I-131</div> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>This technical update to Volumes 1, 3, 7, 11 and 12 of the Policy Manual updates the name of Form I-131 to align with the current edition of the form.</p></div> |
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| | | <div class="pm-resource__update_header">POLICY ALERT - T Nonimmigrant Status for Victims of Severe Forms of Trafficking in Persons</div> |
| | | <div><br><time datetime="2024-10-23T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">October 23, 2024</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to incorporate changes from the Classification for Victims of Severe Forms of Trafficking in Persons; Eligibility for āTā Nonimmigrant Status Final Rule (T Final Rule), including updated citations, new definitions, and clarifications.</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-3-part-b-chapter-1"><span class="citation">3 USCIS-PM B.1</span> - <span>Chapter 1 - Purpose and Background</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-3-part-b-chapter-2"><span class="citation">3 USCIS-PM B.2</span> - <span>Chapter 2 - Eligibility Requirements</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-3-part-b-chapter-3"><span class="citation">3 USCIS-PM B.3</span> - <span>Chapter 3 - Documentation and Evidence for Principal Applicants</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-3-part-b-chapter-4"><span class="citation">3 USCIS-PM B.4</span> - <span>Chapter 4 - Family Members</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-3-part-b-chapter-5"><span class="citation">3 USCIS-PM B.5</span> - <span>Chapter 5 - Documentation and Evidence for Family Members</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-3-part-b-chapter-6"><span class="citation">3 USCIS-PM B.6</span> - <span>Chapter 6 - Bona Fide Determinations</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-3-part-b-chapter-7"><span class="citation">3 USCIS-PM B.7</span> - <span>Chapter 7 - Adjudication</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-3-part-b-chapter-8"><span class="citation">3 USCIS-PM B.8</span> - <span>Chapter 8 - Annual Cap and Waiting List</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-3-part-b-chapter-9"><span class="citation">3 USCIS-PM B.9</span> - <span>Chapter 9 - Applicants in Removal Proceedings</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-3-part-b-chapter-10"><span class="citation">3 USCIS-PM B.10</span> - <span>Chapter 10 - Duration and Extensions of Status</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-3-part-b-chapter-11"><span class="citation">3 USCIS-PM B.11</span> - <span>Chapter 11 - Federal Benefits and Work Authorization</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-3-part-b-chapter-12"><span class="citation">3 USCIS-PM B.12</span> - <span>Chapter 12 - Travel Outside the United States</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-3-part-b-chapter-13"><span class="citation">3 USCIS-PM B.13</span> - <span>Chapter 13 - Revocation of Status</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-9-part-o-chapter-2"><span class="citation">9 USCIS-PM O.2</span> - <span>Chapter 2 - Waivers for Victims of Trafficking</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-9-part-o-chapter-3"><span class="citation">9 USCIS-PM O.3</span> - <span>Chapter 3 - INA 212(d)(13) Waivers</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-9-part-o-chapter-5"><span class="citation">9 USCIS-PM O.5</span> - <span>Chapter 5 - Waivers for T Nonimmigrants Applying for Adjustment of Status</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-9-part-o-chapter-6"><span class="citation">9 USCIS-PM O.6</span> - <span>Chapter 6 - Adjudication and Post-Adjudication Matters</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2024-10-10T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">October 10, 2024</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to reflect the recently published final rule to codify the automatic adjustment of the investment, award, grant, and revenue thresholds for international entrepreneur parole. The guidance also clarifies the process for submitting biometrics for applicants who reside outside the United States.</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-3-part-g-chapter-1"><span class="citation">3 USCIS-PM G.1</span> - <span>Chapter 1 - Purpose and Background</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-3-part-g-chapter-2"><span class="citation">3 USCIS-PM G.2</span> - <span>Chapter 2 - Requirements for Consideration</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-3-part-g-chapter-4"><span class="citation">3 USCIS-PM G.4</span> - <span>Chapter 4 - Adjudication</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-3-part-g-chapter-5"><span class="citation">3 USCIS-PM G.5</span> - <span>Chapter 5 - Additional Periods of Parole</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2024-10-02T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">October 02, 2024</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to further clarify how USCIS evaluates evidence to determine eligibility for immigrant classification as a person of extraordinary ability.</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-6-part-f-chapter-2"><span class="citation">6 USCIS-PM F.2</span> - <span>Chapter 2 - Extraordinary Ability</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2024-09-25T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">September 25, 2024</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>This technical update to Volume 2, Nonimmigrants, clarifies that an F-1 student may apply for a Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Optional Practical Training (OPT) extension no later than 60 days after a designated school officialās recommendation in the Student and Exchange Visitor Information System (SEVIS). This technical update aligns the guidance with the regulations.</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-2-part-f-chapter-5"><span class="citation">2 USCIS-PM F.5</span> - <span>Chapter 5 - Practical Training</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2024-09-25T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">September 25, 2024</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to clarify how to calculate the Child Status Protection Act (CSPA) age for a noncitizen who demonstrates extraordinary circumstances that may excuse the sought to acquire requirement under the CSPA.</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-7-part-a-chapter-7"><span class="citation">7 USCIS-PM A.7</span> - <span>Chapter 7 - Child Status Protection Act</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2024-08-27T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">August 27, 2024</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is updating policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual regarding when students may be eligible for optional practical training (OPT) for Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) fields; as well as clarifying guidance concerning online study, school transfers, the grace period, and study abroad.</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-2-part-f-chapter-3"><span class="citation">2 USCIS-PM F.3</span> - <span>Chapter 3 - Courses and Enrollment, Full Course of Study, and Reduced Course Load</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-2-part-f-chapter-4"><span class="citation">2 USCIS-PM F.4</span> - <span>Chapter 4 - School Transfer</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-2-part-f-chapter-5"><span class="citation">2 USCIS-PM F.5</span> - <span>Chapter 5 - Practical Training</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-2-part-f-chapter-7"><span class="citation">2 USCIS-PM F.7</span> - <span>Chapter 7 - Absences From the United States</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2024-07-18T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">July 18, 2024</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual regarding provisions for childrenās acquisition of citizenship.</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12-part-h-chapter-1"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM H.1</span> - <span>Chapter 1 - Purpose and Background</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12-part-h-chapter-2"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM H.2</span> - <span>Chapter 2 - Definition of Child and Residence for Citizenship and Naturalization</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12-part-h-chapter-3"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM H.3</span> - <span>Chapter 3 - U.S. Citizens at Birth (INA 301 and 309)</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12-part-h-chapter-4"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM H.4</span> - <span>Chapter 4 - Automatic Acquisition of Citizenship after Birth (INA 320)</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12-part-h-chapter-5"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM H.5</span> - <span>Chapter 5 - Child Residing Outside the United States (INA 322)</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12-part-h-chapter-6"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM H.6</span> - <span>Chapter 6 - Special Provisions for the Naturalization of Children</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2024-07-16T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">July 16, 2024</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to address the new provisions added to the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) by the EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2022 (RIA) relating to the consequences to regional centers, new commercial enterprises, job creating entities, and investors for noncompliance in the EB-5 program.</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-6-part-g-chapter-3"><span class="citation">6 USCIS-PM G.3</span> - <span>Chapter 3 - Immigrant Petition Adjudication</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-6-part-g-chapter-4"><span class="citation">6 USCIS-PM G.4</span> - <span>Chapter 4 - Regional Center Applications</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-6-part-g-chapter-5"><span class="citation">6 USCIS-PM G.5</span> - <span>Chapter 5 - Project Applications</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-6-part-g-chapter-8"><span class="citation">6 USCIS-PM G.8</span> - <span>Chapter 8 - Sanctions and Discretionary Determinations</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div class="pm-resource__update_header">Technical Update - Customer Service and Interpretation of 8 U.S.C. 1367 Confidentiality Protections for U.S. Citizens</div> |
| | | <div><br><time datetime="2024-07-12T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">July 12, 2024</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>This technical update incorporates the policy guidance that U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced June 12, 2024, that interprets the confidentiality protections under 8 U.S.C. 1367 as ending at naturalization. USCIS is making this change as the previous practice of maintaining 8 U.S.C. 1367 protections beyond naturalization created burdens for some naturalized U.S. citizens. This policy will result in naturalized citizens having full access to USCIS electronic benefit processing and critical customer service tools that are available to other U.S. citizens. This guidance became effective July 12, 2024.</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-1-part-a-chapter-7"><span class="citation">1 USCIS-PM A.7</span> - <span>Chapter 7 - Privacy and Confidentiality</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2024-07-12T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">July 12, 2024</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is updating policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to address how officers determine a benefit requestorās legal name.</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-1-part-e-chapter-5"><span class="citation">1 USCIS-PM E.5</span> - <span>Chapter 5 - Verification of Identifying Information</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-11-part-a-chapter-2"><span class="citation">11 USCIS-PM A.2</span> - <span>Chapter 2 - USCIS-Issued Secure Identity Documents</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12-part-k-chapter-3"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM K.3</span> - <span>Chapter 3 - Certificate of Naturalization</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12-part-k-chapter-4"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM K.4</span> - <span>Chapter 4 - Application for Replacement of Naturalization/Citizenship Document</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2024-06-28T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">June 28, 2024</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing updated policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual addressing adjustment of status based on the Diversity Immigrant Visa. This policy update consolidates, updates, and supersedes Chapter 23.5(h) of the Adjudicator's Field Manual (AFM), related AFM appendices, and related policy memoranda. This update is not intended to change existing policy or create new policy.</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-7-part-g-chapter-1"><span class="citation">7 USCIS-PM G.1</span> - <span>Chapter 1 - Purpose and Background</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-7-part-g-chapter-2"><span class="citation">7 USCIS-PM G.2</span> - <span>Chapter 2 - Eligibility Requirements</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-7-part-g-chapter-3"><span class="citation">7 USCIS-PM G.3</span> - <span>Chapter 3 - Documentation and Evidence</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-7-part-g-chapter-4"><span class="citation">7 USCIS-PM G.4</span> - <span>Chapter 4 - Adjudication</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2024-06-25T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">June 25, 2024</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to clarify the customer service options available to petitioners of Refugee/Asylee Relative Petition (Form I-730).</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-1-part-a-chapter-7"><span class="citation">1 USCIS-PM A.7</span> - <span>Chapter 7 - Privacy and Confidentiality</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2024-06-14T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">June 14, 2024</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to clarify requirements for petitions to determine childrenās eligibility as Convention adoptees.</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-5-part-d-chapter-1"><span class="citation">5 USCIS-PM D.1</span> - <span>Chapter 1 - Purpose and Background</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-5-part-d-chapter-2"><span class="citation">5 USCIS-PM D.2</span> - <span>Chapter 2 - Eligibility</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-5-part-d-chapter-3"><span class="citation">5 USCIS-PM D.3</span> - <span>Chapter 3 - Identity and Age</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-5-part-d-chapter-4"><span class="citation">5 USCIS-PM D.4</span> - <span>Chapter 4 - Eligibility Requirements Specific to Convention Adoptees</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-5-part-d-chapter-5"><span class="citation">5 USCIS-PM D.5</span> - <span>Chapter 5 - Qualifying Adoptive or Custodial Relationship</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-5-part-d-chapter-6"><span class="citation">5 USCIS-PM D.6</span> - <span>Chapter 6 - Additional Requirements</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-5-part-d-chapter-7"><span class="citation">5 USCIS-PM D.7</span> - <span>Chapter 7 - Required Order of Immigration and Adoption Steps</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-5-part-d-chapter-8"><span class="citation">5 USCIS-PM D.8</span> - <span>Chapter 8 - Documentation and Evidence</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-5-part-d-chapter-9"><span class="citation">5 USCIS-PM D.9</span> - <span>Chapter 9 - Adjudication</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div class="pm-resource__update_header">POLICY ALERT - Customer Service and Interpretation of 8 U.S.C. 1367 Confidentiality Protections for U.S. Citizens</div> |
| | | <div><br><time datetime="2024-06-12T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">June 12, 2024</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual that interprets the confidentiality protections under 8 U.S.C. 1367 as ending at naturalization. USCIS is making this change as the previous practice of maintaining 8 U.S.C. 1367 protections beyond naturalization created burdens for some naturalized U.S. citizens. This policy will result in naturalized citizens having full access to USCIS electronic benefit processing and critical customer service tools that are available to other U.S. citizens. This guidance becomes effective July 12, 2024.</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-1-part-a-chapter-7"><span class="citation">1 USCIS-PM A.7</span> - <span>Chapter 7 - Privacy and Confidentiality</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is updating policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to address how petitioners for special immigrant juvenile (SIJ) classification (or their representatives) may schedule an appointment with a USCIS field office to file a Petition for Amerasian, Widow(er), or Special Immigrant (Form I-360) in person in limited circumstances.</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-6-part-j-chapter-2"><span class="citation">6 USCIS-PM J.2</span> - <span>Chapter 2 - Eligibility Requirements</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2024-05-22T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">May 22, 2024</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual on family-based immigrant visa petitions, including explaining how USCIS handles correcting approval notice errors, requests for consular processing or adjustment of status, and routing procedures for approved petitions.</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-6-part-b-chapter-5"><span class="citation">6 USCIS-PM B.5</span> - <span>Chapter 5 - Adjudication of Family-Based Petitions</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2024-05-08T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">May 08, 2024</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to clarify the circumstances under which H-3 nonimmigrants may participate in training provided on the property of an academic or vocational institution.</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-2-part-j-chapter-1"><span class="citation">2 USCIS-PM J.1</span> - <span>Chapter 1 - Purpose and Background</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2024-04-11T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">April 11, 2024</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to reflect the extension of the current exemption from the temporary need requirement for petitions for temporary nonagricultural (H-2B) nonimmigrant workers on Guam and in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), as provided in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024 (FY 2024 NDAA).</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-2-part-i-chapter-11"><span class="citation">2 USCIS-PM I.11</span> - <span>Chapter 11 - Temporary Nonagricultural Worker (H-2B) Petitions Requiring Special Handling</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2024-04-10T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">April 10, 2024</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to update the Schedule A, Group II definition of science or art to align with the U.S. Department of Labor (DOL) definition.</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-6-part-e-chapter-7"><span class="citation">6 USCIS-PM E.7</span> - <span>Chapter 7 - Schedule A Designation Petitions</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2024-04-04T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">April 04, 2024</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual regarding the evidentiary value of the Report of Immigration Medical Examination and Vaccination Record (Form I-693).</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-8-part-b-chapter-4"><span class="citation">8 USCIS-PM B.4</span> - <span>Chapter 4 - Review of Medical Examination Documentation</span></a></p> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-1-part-e-chapter-5"><span class="citation">1 USCIS-PM E.5</span> - <span>Chapter 5 - Verification of Identifying Information</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is revising its policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to align with the Fee Schedule and Changes to Certain Other Immigration Benefit Request Requirements Final Rule, published in the Federal Register on January 31, 2024, and effective April 1, 2024.</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-1-part-b-chapter-1"><span class="citation">1 USCIS-PM B.1</span> - <span>Chapter 1 - Purpose and Background</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-1-part-b-chapter-3"><span class="citation">1 USCIS-PM B.3</span> - <span>Chapter 3 - Fees</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-1-part-b-chapter-4"><span class="citation">1 USCIS-PM B.4</span> - <span>Chapter 4 - Fee Waivers and Fee Exemptions</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-1-part-b-chapter-6"><span class="citation">1 USCIS-PM B.6</span> - <span>Chapter 6 - Submitting Requests</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-2-part-e-chapter-1"><span class="citation">2 USCIS-PM E.1</span> - <span>Chapter 1 - Purpose and Background</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-2-part-e-chapter-3"><span class="citation">2 USCIS-PM E.3</span> - <span>Chapter 3 - Filing and Documentation</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-2-part-j-chapter-7"><span class="citation">2 USCIS-PM J.7</span> - <span>Chapter 7 - Admissions, Extensions of Stay, and Change of Status</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-2-part-m-chapter-7"><span class="citation">2 USCIS-PM M.7</span> - <span>Chapter 7 - Documentation and Evidence</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-2-part-n-chapter-3"><span class="citation">2 USCIS-PM N.3</span> - <span>Chapter 3 - Petitioners</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-5-part-b-chapter-5"><span class="citation">5 USCIS-PM B.5</span> - <span>Chapter 5 - Action on Pending or Approved Suitability Determinations</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-5-part-c-chapter-7"><span class="citation">5 USCIS-PM C.7</span> - <span>Chapter 7 - Documentation and Evidence</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-5-part-c-chapter-8"><span class="citation">5 USCIS-PM C.8</span> - <span>Chapter 8 - Adjudication</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-5-part-d-chapter-4"><span class="citation">5 USCIS-PM D.4</span> - <span>Chapter 4 - Eligibility Requirements Specific to Convention Adoptees</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-7-part-a-chapter-3"><span class="citation">7 USCIS-PM A.3</span> - <span>Chapter 3 - Filing Instructions</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-7-part-a-chapter-7"><span class="citation">7 USCIS-PM A.7</span> - <span>Chapter 7 - Child Status Protection Act</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-7-part-a-chapter-8"><span class="citation">7 USCIS-PM A.8</span> - <span>Chapter 8 - Transfer of Underlying Basis</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2024-03-29T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">March 29, 2024</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>This technical update incorporates the policy guidance that U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced April 11, 2023, on mailing address and case handling procedures for persons protected under 8 U.S.C. 1367. This guidance became effective March 29, 2024.</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-1-part-a-chapter-7"><span class="citation">1 USCIS-PM A.7</span> - <span>Chapter 7 - Privacy and Confidentiality</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2024-03-29T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">March 29, 2024</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is updating the USCIS Policy Manual to provide guidance on customer service procedures for persons protected by the confidentiality provisions found at 8 U.S.C. 1367(a)(2).</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-1-part-a-chapter-7"><span class="citation">1 USCIS-PM A.7</span> - <span>Chapter 7 - Privacy and Confidentiality</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is updating policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to clarify how USCIS considers expedite requests related to government interests and requests related to emergencies and urgent humanitarian situations. This update also clarifies how to make an expedite request and explains how USCIS processes expedite requests.</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-1-part-a-chapter-5"><span class="citation">1 USCIS-PM A.5</span> - <span>Chapter 5 - Expedite Requests</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2024-03-15T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">March 15, 2024</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to further clarify its anti-discrimination policy pertaining to USCIS employees and contractors interacting directly or indirectly with members of the public.</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-1-part-a-chapter-6"><span class="citation">1 USCIS-PM A.6</span> - <span>Chapter 6 - Disability Accommodation Requests</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-1-part-a-chapter-8"><span class="citation">1 USCIS-PM A.8</span> - <span>Chapter 8 - Conduct in USCIS Facilities</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-1-part-a-chapter-9"><span class="citation">1 USCIS-PM A.9</span> - <span>Chapter 9 - Feedback, Complaints, Misconduct, and Discrimination</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is updating guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to further clarify existing policy on providing mobile biometrics collection services to benefit requestors residing in remote locations within the United States.</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-1-part-c-chapter-2"><span class="citation">1 USCIS-PM C.2</span> - <span>Chapter 2 - Biometrics Collection</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2024-02-28T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">February 28, 2024</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>This technical update to Volume 8, Part J, Chapter 3 adds a citation to the 2021 Board of Immigration Appealās Decision, <em>Matter of O-R-E-</em>, which further explains when misrepresentations of identity are material, and makes conforming edits to the Policy Manual main text.</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-8-part-j-chapter-3"><span class="citation">8 USCIS-PM J.3</span> - <span>Chapter 3 - Adjudicating Inadmissibility</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2024-01-24T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">January 24, 2024</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to address when USCIS may, in its discretion, excuse untimely filed extensions of stay and change of status requests.</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-2-part-a-chapter-4"><span class="citation">2 USCIS-PM A.4</span> - <span>Chapter 4 - Extension of Stay, Change of Status, and Extension of Petition Validity</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2024-01-05T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">January 05, 2024</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to address the analysis of an employerās ability to pay the proffered wage for certain employment-based immigrant visa petition adjudications.</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-6-part-e-chapter-4"><span class="citation">6 USCIS-PM E.4</span> - <span>Chapter 4 - Ability to Pay</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2023-12-20T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">December 20, 2023</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to address the nonimmigrant student (F and M) classifications, including USCISā role in the adjudication of applications for employment authorization and change or reinstatement of status to F or M classifications.</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-2-part-f-chapter-1"><span class="citation">2 USCIS-PM F.1</span> - <span>Chapter 1 - Purpose and Background</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-2-part-f-chapter-2"><span class="citation">2 USCIS-PM F.2</span> - <span>Chapter 2 - Eligibility Requirements</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-2-part-f-chapter-3"><span class="citation">2 USCIS-PM F.3</span> - <span>Chapter 3 - Courses and Enrollment, Full Course of Study, and Reduced Course Load</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-2-part-f-chapter-4"><span class="citation">2 USCIS-PM F.4</span> - <span>Chapter 4 - School Transfer</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-2-part-f-chapter-5"><span class="citation">2 USCIS-PM F.5</span> - <span>Chapter 5 - Practical Training</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-2-part-f-chapter-6"><span class="citation">2 USCIS-PM F.6</span> - <span>Chapter 6 - Employment</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-2-part-f-chapter-7"><span class="citation">2 USCIS-PM F.7</span> - <span>Chapter 7 - Absences From the United States</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-2-part-f-chapter-8"><span class="citation">2 USCIS-PM F.8</span> - <span>Chapter 8 - Change of Status, Extension of Stay, and Length of Stay</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-2-part-f-chapter-9"><span class="citation">2 USCIS-PM F.9</span> - <span>Chapter 9 - Dependents</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2023-12-12T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">December 12, 2023</time> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-6-part-i-chapter-1"><span class="citation">6 USCIS-PM I.1</span> - <span>Chapter 1 - Purpose and Background</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-6-part-i-chapter-2"><span class="citation">6 USCIS-PM I.2</span> - <span>Chapter 2 - Terms and Conditions of CPR Status</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-6-part-i-chapter-3"><span class="citation">6 USCIS-PM I.3</span> - <span>Chapter 3 - Petition to Remove Conditions on Residence</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-6-part-i-chapter-4"><span class="citation">6 USCIS-PM I.4</span> - <span>Chapter 4 - Joint Petitions and Individual Filing Requests</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-6-part-i-chapter-5"><span class="citation">6 USCIS-PM I.5</span> - <span>Chapter 5 - Waiver of Joint Filing Requirement</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-6-part-i-chapter-6"><span class="citation">6 USCIS-PM I.6</span> - <span>Chapter 6 - Decision and Post-Adjudication</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-6-part-i-chapter-7"><span class="citation">6 USCIS-PM I.7</span> - <span>Chapter 7 - Effect of Removal Proceedings</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2023-11-29T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">November 29, 2023</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>This technical update to Volume 5, Adoptions, incorporates information on USCIS country-specific adoption processing by adding a reference to the <a href="/adoption/country-information/uscis-country-specific-processing" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="5439ef55-61ba-4c4c-8dbd-c366cc00298d" data-entity-substitution="canonical">USCIS Country-Specific Processing</a> webpage.</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-5-part-a-chapter-1"><span class="citation">5 USCIS-PM A.1</span> - <span>Chapter 1 - Purpose and Background</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2023-11-08T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">November 08, 2023</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is updating policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to align with <em>Casa Libre/Freedom House v. Mayorkas</em>. The district court in <em>Casa Libre</em> issued a Declaratory Judgment stating that the tolling provisions outlined in DHS regulations are not in accordance with the 180-day timeframe for the adjudication of a special immigrant juvenile (SIJ) petition as required by statute, to the extent that the regulations allow adjudication beyond the 180-day timeframe.</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-6-part-j-chapter-4"><span class="citation">6 USCIS-PM J.4</span> - <span>Chapter 4 - Adjudication</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2023-10-30T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">October 30, 2023</time> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-3-part-k"><span class="citation">3 USCIS-PM K</span> - <span>Part K - Reserved</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2023-10-26T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">October 26, 2023</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is updating policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to continue to incorporate statutory reforms of the Regional Center Program as they relate to regional center designation and other requirements for immigrant investors.</p> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-6-part-g"><span class="citation">6 USCIS-PM G</span> - <span>Part G - Investors</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2023-10-24T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">October 24, 2023</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual regarding the 2-year foreign residence requirement for the nonimmigrant exchange visitor (J) visa classification.</p> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-2-part-d-chapter-3"><span class="citation">2 USCIS-PM D.3</span> - <span>Chapter 3 - Terms and Conditions of J Exchange Visitor Status</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-2-part-d-chapter-4"><span class="citation">2 USCIS-PM D.4</span> - <span>Chapter 4 - Waiver of the Foreign Residence Requirement</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-2-part-d-chapter-6"><span class="citation">2 USCIS-PM D.6</span> - <span>Chapter 6 - Family Members of J-1 Exchange Visitor</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div class="pm-resource__update_header">POLICY ALERT - L-1 Petitions for Intracompany Transferees Filed by a Sole Proprietorship</div> |
| | | <div><br><time datetime="2023-10-20T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">October 20, 2023</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to clarify that a sole proprietorship may not file an L-1 petition on behalf of its owner because the sole proprietorship does not exist as a distinct legal entity separate and apart from the owner.</p> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-2-part-l-chapter-5"><span class="citation">2 USCIS-PM L.5</span> - <span>Chapter 5 - Ownership and Control</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-2-part-l-chapter-10"><span class="citation">2 USCIS-PM L.10</span> - <span>Chapter 10 - Period of Stay</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div class="pm-resource__update_header">POLICY ALERT - Extension of the Temporary Need Exemption for Certain H-2B Workers on Guam and in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands</div> |
| | | <div><br><time datetime="2023-10-04T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">October 04, 2023</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to reflect the extension of the current exemption from the temporary need requirement for petitions for temporary nonagricultural H-2B nonimmigrant workers on Guam and in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI), as provided in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year (FY) 2023.</p> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-2-part-i-chapter-11"><span class="citation">2 USCIS-PM I.11</span> - <span>Chapter 11 - Temporary Nonagricultural Worker (H-2B) Petitions Requiring Special Handling</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2023-09-27T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">September 27, 2023</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is updating policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual regarding maximum validity periods for Employment Authorization Documents (EADs, Form I-766) issued to refugees and asylees, noncitizens paroled as refugees, noncitizens granted withholding of removal, noncitizens with pending applications for asylum or withholding of removal, noncitizens with pending applications for adjustment of status under INA 245, and noncitizens seeking suspension of deportation or cancellation of removal. USCIS is also clarifying that the Arrival/Departure Record (Form I-94) may be used as evidence of both status and employment authorization for certain EAD categories that are employment authorized incident to status or parole.</p> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-3-part-f-chapter-1"><span class="citation">3 USCIS-PM F.1</span> - <span>Chapter 1 - Purpose and Background</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-10-part-a-chapter-2"><span class="citation">10 USCIS-PM A.2</span> - <span>Chapter 2 - Eligibility Requirements</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-10-part-a-chapter-4"><span class="citation">10 USCIS-PM A.4</span> - <span>Chapter 4 - Adjudication</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2023-09-12T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">September 12, 2023</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to clarify how USCIS evaluates evidence to determine eligibility for extraordinary ability and outstanding professor or researcher first preference employment-based immigrant visa classifications.</p> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-6-part-f-chapter-2"><span class="citation">6 USCIS-PM F.2</span> - <span>Chapter 2 - Extraordinary Ability</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-6-part-f-chapter-3"><span class="citation">6 USCIS-PM F.3</span> - <span>Chapter 3 - Outstanding Professor or Researcher</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2023-08-25T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">August 25, 2023</time> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12-part-j-chapter-5"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM J.5</span> - <span>Chapter 5 - Administrative Naturalization Ceremonies</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2023-08-24T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">August 24, 2023</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to clarify that USCIS considers the recent February 14, 2023, policy change to be an extraordinary circumstance that may excuse the āsought to acquireā requirement under the Child Status Protection Act (CSPA) in particular situations.</p> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-7-part-a-chapter-7"><span class="citation">7 USCIS-PM A.7</span> - <span>Chapter 7 - Child Status Protection Act</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2023-08-16T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">August 16, 2023</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to confirm the evidentiary requirements for physicians seeking a national interest waiver of the job offer requirement based on work in an underserved area or at a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs facility.</p> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-6-part-f-chapter-6"><span class="citation">6 USCIS-PM F.6</span> - <span>Chapter 6 - Physician</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2023-08-11T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">August 11, 2023</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is updating the USCIS Policy Manual to provide that USCIS may review and determine if a qualifying family memberās petition for U nonimmigrant status is bona fide, and if already filed, adjudicate their Application for Employment Authorization (Form I-765), once the principal petitioner receives a Bona Fide Determination (BFD), even if the principal petitioner has not filed Form I-765.</p> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-3-part-c-chapter-5"><span class="citation">3 USCIS-PM C.5</span> - <span>Chapter 5 - Bona Fide Determination Process</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2023-08-01T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">August 01, 2023</time> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-3-part-k"><span class="citation">3 USCIS-PM K</span> - <span>Part K - Reserved</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2023-07-20T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">July 20, 2023</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is updating the USCIS Policy Manual to help applicants for adjustment of status more easily identify whether they are subject to the public charge ground of inadmissibility under section 212(a)(4) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA).</p> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-8-part-g-chapter-3"><span class="citation">8 USCIS-PM G.3</span> - <span>Chapter 3 - Applicability</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2023-07-06T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">July 06, 2023</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to address procedures related to biometric services appointments at an Application Support Center (ASC).</p> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-1-part-c-chapter-2"><span class="citation">1 USCIS-PM C.2</span> - <span>Chapter 2 - Biometrics Collection</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2023-06-14T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">June 14, 2023</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to address eligibility criteria and standards for applications for employment authorization involving compelling circumstances.</p> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-10-part-b-chapter-2"><span class="citation">10 USCIS-PM B.2</span> - <span>Chapter 2 - Employment Authorization for Certain H-4, E, and L Nonimmigrant Dependent Spouses</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-10-part-b-chapter-3"><span class="citation">10 USCIS-PM B.3</span> - <span>Chapter 3 - Certain Employment-Based Immigrants in Compelling Circumstances</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2023-06-08T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">June 08, 2023</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual regarding the nonimmigrant exchange visitor (J) visa classification, including USCISā role in the adjudication of waivers of the 2-year foreign residence requirement and change of status requests under the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA).</p> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-2-part-d"><span class="citation">2 USCIS-PM D</span> - <span>Part D - Exchange Visitors (J)</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>This technical update to Volume 7 removes an alert box that was superseded by the Policy Manual update on October 6, 2022. This technical update also removes āEB-4" from the title of Volume 7, Part F and makes related conforming edits.</p> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-7-part-a-chapter-6"><span class="citation">7 USCIS-PM A.6</span> - <span>Chapter 6 - Adjudicative Review</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-7-part-f"><span class="citation">7 USCIS-PM F</span> - <span>Part F - Special Immigrant-Based Adjustment</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is updating policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to remove references to the 2020 version of the civics test.</p> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12-part-e-chapter-2"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM E.2</span> - <span>Chapter 2 - English and Civics Testing</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2023-04-21T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">April 21, 2023</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to clarify how citizenship and naturalization provisions apply to adopted children.</p> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-5-part-f"><span class="citation">5 USCIS-PM F</span> - <span>Part F - Citizenship for Adopted Children</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12-part-a-chapter-2"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM A.2</span> - <span>Chapter 2 - Becoming a U.S. Citizen</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12-part-h-chapter-1"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM H.1</span> - <span>Chapter 1 - Purpose and Background</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12-part-h-chapter-2"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM H.2</span> - <span>Chapter 2 - Definition of Child and Residence for Citizenship and Naturalization</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12-part-h-chapter-4"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM H.4</span> - <span>Chapter 4 - Automatic Acquisition of Citizenship after Birth (INA 320)</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12-part-h-chapter-5"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM H.5</span> - <span>Chapter 5 - Child Residing Outside the United States (INA 322)</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is updating policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to provide guidance on mailing address and case handling procedures for persons protected under 8 U.S.C. 1367. This guidance becomes effective July 11, 2023. <strong>Note: The effective date for this policy has changed to March 29, 2024.</strong></p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-1-part-a-chapter-7"><span class="citation">1 USCIS-PM A.7</span> - <span>Chapter 7 - Privacy and Confidentiality</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to clarify the types of venues USCIS may use for administrative naturalization ceremonies and the considerations for accepting offers to donate use of facilities.</p> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12-part-j-chapter-2"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM J.2</span> - <span>Chapter 2 - The Oath of Allegiance</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12-part-j-chapter-5"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM J.5</span> - <span>Chapter 5 - Administrative Naturalization Ceremonies</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2023-03-31T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">March 31, 2023</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to remove the requirement that the civil surgeonās signature on the Report of Immigration Medical Examination and Vaccination Record (Form I-693) be dated no more than 60 days before an applicant files the application for the underlying immigration benefit.</p> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-8-part-b-chapter-4"><span class="citation">8 USCIS-PM B.4</span> - <span>Chapter 4 - Review of Medical Examination Documentation</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2023-03-31T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">March 31, 2023</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is revising policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to clarify that benefit requestors may select their gender on USCIS forms (or change a prior gender selection) without the need to provide supporting documentation. Documents issued by USCIS as a result of the benefit adjudication will reflect the gender selected by the benefit requestor.</p> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-1-part-e-chapter-5"><span class="citation">1 USCIS-PM E.5</span> - <span>Chapter 5 - Verification of Identifying Information</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-11-part-a-chapter-2"><span class="citation">11 USCIS-PM A.2</span> - <span>Chapter 2 - USCIS-Issued Secure Identity Documents</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12-part-k-chapter-2"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM K.2</span> - <span>Chapter 2 - Certificate of Citizenship</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12-part-k-chapter-3"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM K.3</span> - <span>Chapter 3 - Certificate of Naturalization</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12-part-k-chapter-4"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM K.4</span> - <span>Chapter 4 - Application for Replacement of Naturalization/Citizenship Document</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2023-03-29T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">March 29, 2023</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is updating guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to address instances where the last day of filing a benefit request or response to a Request for Evidence or a Notice of Intent to Deny, Revoke, Rescind, or Terminate, falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or federal holiday.</p> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-1-part-b-chapter-6"><span class="citation">1 USCIS-PM B.6</span> - <span>Chapter 6 - Submitting Requests</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-1-part-e-chapter-6"><span class="citation">1 USCIS-PM E.6</span> - <span>Chapter 6 - Evidence</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-1-part-e-chapter-10"><span class="citation">1 USCIS-PM E.10</span> - <span>Chapter 10 - Post-Decision Actions</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-5-part-b-chapter-2"><span class="citation">5 USCIS-PM B.2</span> - <span>Chapter 2 - Eligibility, Documentation, and Evidence (Orphan Process)</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-6-part-b-chapter-3"><span class="citation">6 USCIS-PM B.3</span> - <span>Chapter 3 - Filing</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-6-part-e-chapter-6"><span class="citation">6 USCIS-PM E.6</span> - <span>Chapter 6 - Permanent Labor Certification</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2023-03-22T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">March 22, 2023</time> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12-part-i-chapter-2"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM I.2</span> - <span>Chapter 2 - One Year of Military Service during Peacetime (INA 328)</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12-part-i-chapter-3"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM I.3</span> - <span>Chapter 3 - Military Service during Hostilities (INA 329)</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12-part-i-chapter-5"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM I.5</span> - <span>Chapter 5 - Application and Filing for Service Members (INA 328 and 329)</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2023-03-15T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">March 15, 2023</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to address the analysis of an employerās ability to pay the proffered wage for certain employment-based immigrant petition adjudications.</p> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-6-part-e-chapter-4"><span class="citation">6 USCIS-PM E.4</span> - <span>Chapter 4 - Ability to Pay</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-6-part-e-chapter-5"><span class="citation">6 USCIS-PM E.5</span> - <span>Chapter 5 - Reserved</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2023-03-10T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">March 10, 2023</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to address international entrepreneur parole.</p> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-3-part-g"><span class="citation">3 USCIS-PM G</span> - <span>Part G - International Entrepreneur Parole</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2023-03-07T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">March 07, 2023</time> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-1-part-c-chapter-2"><span class="citation">1 USCIS-PM C.2</span> - <span>Chapter 2 - Biometrics Collection</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2023-03-03T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">March 03, 2023</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to clarify how USCIS evaluates evidence to determine eligibility for the O-1B visa classification for nonimmigrants of extraordinary ability in the arts and nonimmigrants of extraordinary achievement in the motion picture or television (MPTV) industry.</p> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-2-part-m-chapter-4"><span class="citation">2 USCIS-PM M.4</span> - <span>Chapter 4 - O-1 Beneficiaries</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2023-03-02T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">March 02, 2023</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is updating policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual regarding on-site inspections for special immigrant and nonimmigrant religious worker petitions.</p> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-2-part-o-chapter-1"><span class="citation">2 USCIS-PM O.1</span> - <span>Chapter 1 - Purpose and Background</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-2-part-o-chapter-3"><span class="citation">2 USCIS-PM O.3</span> - <span>Chapter 3 - Petitioner Requirements</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-6-part-h-chapter-2"><span class="citation">6 USCIS-PM H.2</span> - <span>Chapter 2 - Religious Workers</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2023-02-22T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">February 22, 2023</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to clarify the validity period of employment authorization for F-1 students experiencing severe economic hardship due to emergent circumstances (also known as special student relief (SSR)).</p> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-2-part-f-chapter-6"><span class="citation">2 USCIS-PM F.6</span> - <span>Chapter 6 - Employment</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-10-part-a-chapter-4"><span class="citation">10 USCIS-PM A.4</span> - <span>Chapter 4 - Adjudication</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2023-02-14T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">February 14, 2023</time> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-7-part-a-chapter-7"><span class="citation">7 USCIS-PM A.7</span> - <span>Chapter 7 - Child Status Protection Act</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2023-02-02T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">February 02, 2023</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is updating policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to clarify the applicability of the 1-year physical presence requirement for refugees and asylees applying for adjustment of status.</p> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-7-part-l-chapter-2"><span class="citation">7 USCIS-PM L.2</span> - <span>Chapter 2 - Eligibility Requirements</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-7-part-l-chapter-3"><span class="citation">7 USCIS-PM L.3</span> - <span>Chapter 3 - Admissibility and Waiver Requirements</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-7-part-l-chapter-4"><span class="citation">7 USCIS-PM L.4</span> - <span>Chapter 4 - Documentation and Evidence</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-7-part-l-chapter-5"><span class="citation">7 USCIS-PM L.5</span> - <span>Chapter 5 - Adjudication Procedures</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-7-part-m-chapter-2"><span class="citation">7 USCIS-PM M.2</span> - <span>Chapter 2 - Eligibility Requirements</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-7-part-m-chapter-3"><span class="citation">7 USCIS-PM M.3</span> - <span>Chapter 3 - Admissibility and Waiver Requirements</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-7-part-m-chapter-4"><span class="citation">7 USCIS-PM M.4</span> - <span>Chapter 4 - Documentation and Evidence</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-7-part-m-chapter-5"><span class="citation">7 USCIS-PM M.5</span> - <span>Chapter 5 - Adjudication Procedures</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12-part-d-chapter-2"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM D.2</span> - <span>Chapter 2 - Lawful Permanent Resident Admission for Naturalization</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2023-01-25T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">January 25, 2023</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>This technical update incorporates into Volume 8 the policy guidance that U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced December 19, 2022, addressing the public charge ground of inadmissibility under section 212(a)(4) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), as implemented by the Public Charge Ground of Inadmissibility Final Rule, <a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2022-09-09/pdf/2022-18867.pdf">87 FR 55472 (PDF)</a> (Sep. 9, 2022).</p> |
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| | | <p>This guidance became effective December 23, 2022, and applies to adjustment of status applications postmarked (or filed electronically, if applicable) on or after that date. For applications postmarked (or submitted electronically, if applicable) before December 23, 2022, USCIS will continue to apply the public charge ground of inadmissibility consistent with the statute and the <a href="https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1999/05/26/99-13202/field-guidance-on-deportability-and-inadmissibility-on-public-charge-grounds">1999 Interim Field Guidance</a>.</p> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-8-part-g"><span class="citation">8 USCIS-PM G</span> - <span>Part G - Public Charge Ground of Inadmissibility</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>This technical update to Volume 11 eliminates reference to the extension sticker for expired permanent resident cards (PRCs), which is no longer in use, and clarifies how lawful permanent residents (LPRs) can request documentation of their LPR status when their PRC is expired. This update also clarifies when a conditional permanent resident may file Application to Replace Permanent Resident Card (Form I-90).</p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2022-12-19T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">December 19, 2022</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to address the public charge ground of inadmissibility under section 212(a)(4) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), as implemented by the Public Charge Ground of Inadmissibility Final Rule, <a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2022-09-09/pdf/2022-18867.pdf">87 FR 55472 (PDF)</a> (Sep. 9, 2022).</p> |
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| | | <p>The new final rule and policy guidance become effective December 23, 2022, and apply to adjustment of status applications postmarked (or filed electronically, if applicable) on or after that date. For applications postmarked (or submitted electronically, if applicable) before December 23, 2022, USCIS will continue to apply the public charge ground of inadmissibility consistent with the statute and the <a href="https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/1999/05/26/99-13202/field-guidance-on-deportability-and-inadmissibility-on-public-charge-grounds">1999 Interim Field Guidance</a>.</p> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-8-part-g"><span class="citation">8 USCIS-PM G</span> - <span>Part G - Public Charge Ground of Inadmissibility</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2022-12-09T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">December 09, 2022</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to provide that USCIS may automatically extend the validity of a Permanent Resident Card (PRC) (Form I-551) through an Application for Naturalization (Form N-400) receipt notice, without regard to whether the applicant has filed an Application to Replace Permanent Resident Card (Form I-90). This guidance becomes effective December 12, 2022.</p> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12-part-d-chapter-2"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM D.2</span> - <span>Chapter 2 - Lawful Permanent Resident Admission for Naturalization</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to clarify how medical professionals can properly complete the new version of the Medical Certification for Disability Exceptions (Form N-648) and request oath waivers based on a physical or developmental disability or mental impairment.</p> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12-part-e-chapter-3"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM E.3</span> - <span>Chapter 3 - Medical Disability Exception (Form N-648)</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12-part-j-chapter-2"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM J.2</span> - <span>Chapter 2 - The Oath of Allegiance</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12-part-j-chapter-3"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM J.3</span> - <span>Chapter 3 - Oath of Allegiance Modifications and Waivers</span></a></p> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12-part-i-chapter-3"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM I.3</span> - <span>Chapter 3 - Military Service during Hostilities (INA 329)</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12-part-i-chapter-5"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM I.5</span> - <span>Chapter 5 - Application and Filing for Service Members (INA 328 and 329)</span></a></p> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-6-part-g-chapter-1"><span class="citation">6 USCIS-PM G.1</span> - <span>Chapter 1 - Purpose and Background</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-6-part-g-chapter-2"><span class="citation">6 USCIS-PM G.2</span> - <span>Chapter 2 - Immigrant Petition Eligibility Requirements</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-7-part-a-chapter-3"><span class="citation">7 USCIS-PM A.3</span> - <span>Chapter 3 - Filing Instructions</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-7-part-a-chapter-6"><span class="citation">7 USCIS-PM A.6</span> - <span>Chapter 6 - Adjudicative Review</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-7-part-a-chapter-7"><span class="citation">7 USCIS-PM A.7</span> - <span>Chapter 7 - Child Status Protection Act</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-7-part-b-chapter-2"><span class="citation">7 USCIS-PM B.2</span> - <span>Chapter 2 - Eligibility Requirements</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-7-part-b-chapter-8"><span class="citation">7 USCIS-PM B.8</span> - <span>Chapter 8 - Inapplicability of Bars to Adjustment</span></a></p> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-8-part-g"><span class="citation">8 USCIS-PM G</span> - <span>Part G - Public Charge Ground of Inadmissibility</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2022-08-30T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">August 30, 2022</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to reorganize and expand on existing guidance related to special immigrant religious workers.</p> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-2-part-o-chapter-3"><span class="citation">2 USCIS-PM O.3</span> - <span>Chapter 3 - Petitioner Requirements</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-6-part-h-chapter-2"><span class="citation">6 USCIS-PM H.2</span> - <span>Chapter 2 - Religious Workers</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2022-08-16T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">August 16, 2022</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to clarify how USCIS determines eligibility for L-1 nonimmigrants seeking classification as managers or executives or specialized knowledge workers. <strong>Note: This update consolidates and updates guidance that was previously contained in the Adjudicatorās Field Manual (AFM) Chapter 32, as well as related AFM appendices and policy memoranda. This update is not intended to change existing policy or create new policy.</strong></p> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-2-part-l"><span class="citation">2 USCIS-PM L</span> - <span>Part L - Intracompany Transferees (L)</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div class="pm-resource__update_header">POLICY ALERT - Uncharacterized Military Discharges Eligible for Naturalization</div> |
| | | <div><br><time datetime="2022-08-02T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">August 02, 2022</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to address eligibility of military service members with uncharacterized military discharges for purposes of naturalization under section 328 or section 329 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA).</p> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12-part-i-chapter-2"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM I.2</span> - <span>Chapter 2 - One Year of Military Service during Peacetime (INA 328)</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12-part-i-chapter-3"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM I.3</span> - <span>Chapter 3 - Military Service during Hostilities (INA 329)</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2022-07-22T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">July 22, 2022</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is updating policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to further clarify how USCIS evaluates evidence to determine eligibility for O-1A nonimmigrants of extraordinary ability, with a focus on persons in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) fields.</p> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-2-part-m-chapter-4"><span class="citation">2 USCIS-PM M.4</span> - <span>Chapter 4 - O-1 Beneficiaries</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2022-07-20T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">July 20, 2022</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual on the transition of the responsibility to adjudicate certain Afghan special immigrant visa (SIV) petitions to the U.S. Department of State (DOS) and to incorporate other changes to the Afghan and Iraqi SIV classifications resulting from the Emergency Security Supplemental Appropriations Act of 2021.</p> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-6-part-h-chapter-1"><span class="citation">6 USCIS-PM H.1</span> - <span>Chapter 1 - Purpose and Background</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-6-part-h-chapter-8"><span class="citation">6 USCIS-PM H.8</span> - <span>Chapter 8 - Certain Iraqi Nationals</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-6-part-h-chapter-9"><span class="citation">6 USCIS-PM H.9</span> - <span>Chapter 9 - Certain Afghan Nationals</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-6-part-h-chapter-10"><span class="citation">6 USCIS-PM H.10</span> - <span>Chapter 10 - Certain Iraqi and Afghan Translators and Interpreters</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-7-part-f-chapter-10"><span class="citation">7 USCIS-PM F.10</span> - <span>Chapter 10 - Certain Afghan and Iraqi Nationals</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2022-07-18T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">July 18, 2022</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>This technical update to Volume 6 clarifies the Policy Manual alert boxes published on April 27, 2022 relating to the recent EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2022, which authorizes an EB-5 Immigrant Investor Regional Center Program and includes various implementation effective dates for the program. On June 24, 2022, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California in <em>Behring Regional Center LLC v. Mayorkas, et al</em>, 3:22-cv-02487, issued a preliminary injunction enjoining USCIS āfrom treating as deauthorized the previously designated regional centers.ā The April 27, 2022 alert remains posted for historical purposes.</p> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-6-part-g-chapter-1"><span class="citation">6 USCIS-PM G.1</span> - <span>Chapter 1 - Purpose and Background</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-6-part-g-chapter-2"><span class="citation">6 USCIS-PM G.2</span> - <span>Chapter 2 - Immigrant Petition Eligibility Requirements</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-6-part-g-chapter-4"><span class="citation">6 USCIS-PM G.4</span> - <span>Chapter 4 - Regional Center Applications</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-6-part-g-chapter-5"><span class="citation">6 USCIS-PM G.5</span> - <span>Chapter 5 - Project Applications</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2022-07-01T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">July 01, 2022</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is updating the USCIS Policy Manual to address the proper mechanism for authorizing travel by temporary protected status (TPS) beneficiaries, and how such travel may affect their eligibility for adjustment of status under section 245(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). USCIS is also updating the USCIS Policy Manual to reflect the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in <em>Sanchez v. Mayorkas</em>, 141 S.Ct. 1809 (2021).</p> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-7-part-a-chapter-3"><span class="citation">7 USCIS-PM A.3</span> - <span>Chapter 3 - Filing Instructions</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-7-part-b-chapter-2"><span class="citation">7 USCIS-PM B.2</span> - <span>Chapter 2 - Eligibility Requirements</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12-part-d-chapter-2"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM D.2</span> - <span>Chapter 2 - Lawful Permanent Resident Admission for Naturalization</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2022-06-24T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">June 24, 2022</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual on inadmissibility under section 212(a)(9)(B) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), specifically, the effect of returning to the United States during the statutory 3-year or 10-year period after departure or removal (if applicable). Under this policy guidance, a noncitizen who again seeks admission more than 3 or 10 years after the relevant departure or removal, is not inadmissible under INA 212(a)(9)(B) even if the noncitizen returned to the United States, with or without authorization, during the statutory 3-year or 10-year period.</p> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-8-part-o-chapter-6"><span class="citation">8 USCIS-PM O.6</span> - <span>Chapter 6 - Effect of Seeking Admission Following Accrual of Unlawful Presence</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2022-06-10T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">June 10, 2022</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is updating policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to incorporate changes from the Special Immigrant Juvenile Petitions Final Rule (SIJ Final Rule), including updated citations, new definitions, and clarifications.</p> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-6-part-j-chapter-1"><span class="citation">6 USCIS-PM J.1</span> - <span>Chapter 1 - Purpose and Background</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-6-part-j-chapter-2"><span class="citation">6 USCIS-PM J.2</span> - <span>Chapter 2 - Eligibility Requirements</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-6-part-j-chapter-3"><span class="citation">6 USCIS-PM J.3</span> - <span>Chapter 3 - Documentation and Evidence</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-6-part-j-chapter-4"><span class="citation">6 USCIS-PM J.4</span> - <span>Chapter 4 - Adjudication</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-7-part-f-chapter-7"><span class="citation">7 USCIS-PM F.7</span> - <span>Chapter 7 - Special Immigrant Juveniles</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2022-05-25T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">May 25, 2022</time> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-8-part-b-chapter-6"><span class="citation">8 USCIS-PM B.6</span> - <span>Chapter 6 - Communicable Diseases of Public Health Significance</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>This technical update to Volume 6, Part F aligns language related to documentation required for submission with a national interest waiver petition with the Form I-140 instructions. Specifically, consistent with those instructions, this update removes reference in the Policy Manual to the requirement that a petitioner submit <em>two copies of</em> the employee-specific portions of a permanent labor certification (without DOL approval).</p> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-6-part-f-chapter-5"><span class="citation">6 USCIS-PM F.5</span> - <span>Chapter 5 - Advanced Degree or Exceptional Ability</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>This technical update incorporates the policy guidance that U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced March 7, 2022, to consider deferred action (and related employment authorization) for noncitizens classified as Special Immigrant Juveniles (SIJs) who are ineligible to apply for adjustment of status to lawful permanent resident (LPR) status solely due to visa unavailability. This guidance became effective May 6, 2022.</p> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-6-part-j-chapter-4"><span class="citation">6 USCIS-PM J.4</span> - <span>Chapter 4 - Adjudication</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>This technical update to Volume 6 alerts readers to the passage of the EB-5 Reform and Integrity Act of 2022, which authorizes an EB-5 Immigrant Investor Regional Center Program and includes various implementation effective dates for the program. The alert boxes refer readers to uscis.gov for the latest information on the implementation of that law. In addition, this update reserves and moves all of the content in Chapter 3 (Regional Center Designation, Reporting, Amendments, and Termination) to an appendix (Regional Center Program Prior to March 15, 2022) as Congress repealed that program.</p> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-6-part-g-chapter-1"><span class="citation">6 USCIS-PM G.1</span> - <span>Chapter 1 - Purpose and Background</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-6-part-g-chapter-2"><span class="citation">6 USCIS-PM G.2</span> - <span>Chapter 2 - Immigrant Petition Eligibility Requirements</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-6-part-g-chapter-3"><span class="citation">6 USCIS-PM G.3</span> - <span>Chapter 3 - Immigrant Petition Adjudication</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-6-part-g-chapter-4"><span class="citation">6 USCIS-PM G.4</span> - <span>Chapter 4 - Regional Center Applications</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-6-part-g-chapter-5"><span class="citation">6 USCIS-PM G.5</span> - <span>Chapter 5 - Project Applications</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is updating the USCIS Policy Manual to align existing guidance on certain first preference immigrants with a recent Policy Manual update relating to nonimmigrants of extraordinary ability.</p> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is updating policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to address the documentation that certain E and L spouses may use as evidence of employment authorization incident to their status.</p> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-10-part-a-chapter-2"><span class="citation">10 USCIS-PM A.2</span> - <span>Chapter 2 - Eligibility Requirements</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-10-part-b-chapter-2"><span class="citation">10 USCIS-PM B.2</span> - <span>Chapter 2 - Employment Authorization for Certain H-4, E, and L Nonimmigrant Dependent Spouses</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is updating the USCIS Policy Manual to consider deferred action (and related employment authorization) for noncitizens classified as Special Immigrant Juveniles (SIJs) who are ineligible to apply for adjustment of status to lawful permanent resident (LPR) status solely due to visa unavailability. This guidance becomes effective May 6, 2022.</p> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-6-part-j-chapter-4"><span class="citation">6 USCIS-PM J.4</span> - <span>Chapter 4 - Adjudication</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>This technical update to Volume 1, Part A, incorporates the new USCIS mission statement: USCIS upholds Americaās promise as a nation of welcome and possibility with fairness, integrity, and respect for all we serve.</p> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>This technical update to Volume 6 provides information in a footnote on the latest resources available to determine critical and emerging technologies.</p> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-6-part-f-chapter-5"><span class="citation">6 USCIS-PM F.5</span> - <span>Chapter 5 - Advanced Degree or Exceptional Ability</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>This technical update to Volume 7 removes specific information about where to submit requests to transfer the underlying basis of a pending adjustment application and instead points readers to the instructions for requesting a transfer of basis on the <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="4277b26d-c88f-4be6-98f0-fcba2eaf0689" href="/green-card/green-card-processes-and-procedures">USCIS website</a>.</p> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-7-part-a-chapter-8"><span class="citation">7 USCIS-PM A.8</span> - <span>Chapter 8 - Transfer of Underlying Basis</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>USCIS is administering the public charge inadmissibility statute (section 212(a)(4) of the Immigration and Nationality Act) consistent with the 1999 Interim Field Guidance to determine whether a noncitizen is inadmissible as likely at any time to become a public charge. The 1999 Interim Field Guidance is the policy that was in place before the 2019 Public Charge Final Rule was implemented. The 2019 Public Charge Final Rule is no longer in effect. For more information about how USCIS is applying the public charge ground of inadmissibility, see the <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="677d45c9-3909-41d2-bfa8-c8310d7f02ce" href="/green-card/green-card-processes-and-procedures/public-charge/public-charge-resources">Public Charge Resources</a> webpage.</p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2022-02-10T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">February 10, 2022</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is publishing policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual addressing Violence Against Women Act Self-Petitions.</p> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-3-part-d"><span class="citation">3 USCIS-PM D</span> - <span>Part D - Violence Against Women Act</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div class="pm-resource__update_header">POLICY ALERT - Clarifying the Temporary Need Exemption for Certain H-2B Workers on Guam and in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands</div> |
| | | <div><br><time datetime="2022-02-08T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">February 08, 2022</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to clarify how a petitioner may demonstrate that it qualifies for an exemption from the temporary need requirement for a nonimmigrant visa petition for a temporary nonagricultural H-2B worker on Guam and in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) that falls under the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (FY 2021 NDAA).</p> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-2-part-i-chapter-11"><span class="citation">2 USCIS-PM I.11</span> - <span>Chapter 11 - Temporary Nonagricultural Worker (H-2B) Petitions Requiring Special Handling</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2022-02-07T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">February 07, 2022</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is updating guidelines in the USCIS Policy Manual regarding validity periods for Employment Authorization Documents (EADs) for asylees and refugees, noncitizens with withholding of deportation or removal, noncitizens with deferred action, parolees, and Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) self-petitioners.</p> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-10-part-a-chapter-4"><span class="citation">10 USCIS-PM A.4</span> - <span>Chapter 4 - Adjudication</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2022-02-01T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">February 01, 2022</time> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-8-part-b-chapter-3"><span class="citation">8 USCIS-PM B.3</span> - <span>Chapter 3 - Applicability of Medical Examination and Vaccination Requirement</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2022-01-26T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">January 26, 2022</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is updating policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to specify that persons submitting an Application for Certificate of Citizenship (Form N-600) will generally now have their photographs taken at a biometrics appointment instead of submitting paper photographs and handwritten signatures, as applicable.</p> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12-part-h-chapter-4"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM H.4</span> - <span>Chapter 4 - Automatic Acquisition of Citizenship after Birth (INA 320)</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2022-01-26T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">January 26, 2022</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>This technical update to Volume 6 removes references to the period of time for which the Petition by Investor to Remove Conditions on Permanent Resident Status (Form I-829) receipt notice shows proof of conditional permanent resident status.</p> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-6-part-g-chapter-5"><span class="citation">6 USCIS-PM G.5</span> - <span>Chapter 5 - Project Applications</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2022-01-25T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">January 25, 2022</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is updating policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual regarding criteria used to determine whether a case warrants expedited treatment.</p> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-1-part-a-chapter-5"><span class="citation">1 USCIS-PM A.5</span> - <span>Chapter 5 - Expedite Requests</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2022-01-21T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">January 21, 2022</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to clarify how USCIS evaluates evidence to determine eligibility for O-1A nonimmigrants of extraordinary ability, with a focus on persons in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) fields, as well as how USCIS determines whether an O-1 beneficiaryās prospective work is within the beneficiaryās area of extraordinary ability or achievement.</p> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-2-part-m-chapter-4"><span class="citation">2 USCIS-PM M.4</span> - <span>Chapter 4 - O-1 Beneficiaries</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2022-01-21T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">January 21, 2022</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is updating policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to address requests for national interest waivers for advanced degree professionals or persons of exceptional ability.</p> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-6-part-f-chapter-5"><span class="citation">6 USCIS-PM F.5</span> - <span>Chapter 5 - Advanced Degree or Exceptional Ability</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2022-01-13T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">January 13, 2022</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to clarify how USCIS determines whether an O-1B beneficiary is evaluated as a person of extraordinary ability in the arts (O-1B Arts) or as a person of extraordinary achievement in the motion picture or television industry (O-1B MPTV).</p> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-2-part-m-chapter-4"><span class="citation">2 USCIS-PM M.4</span> - <span>Chapter 4 - O-1 Beneficiaries</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2021-12-09T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">December 09, 2021</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is temporarily waiving the requirement that the civil surgeonās signature on the Report of Medical Examination and Vaccination Record (Form I-693) be dated no more than 60 days before an applicant files the application for the underlying immigration benefit.</p> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-8-part-b-chapter-4"><span class="citation">8 USCIS-PM B.4</span> - <span>Chapter 4 - Review of Medical Examination Documentation</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2021-11-23T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">November 23, 2021</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is incorporating and superseding existing guidance into the USCIS Policy Manual addressing topics in the context of general adjudications, including evidence, sworn statements, and adjudicative decisions.</p> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-5"><span class="citation">5 USCIS-PM</span> - <span>Volume 5 - Adoptions</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2021-11-12T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">November 12, 2021</time> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12-part-i-chapter-2"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM I.2</span> - <span>Chapter 2 - One Year of Military Service during Peacetime (INA 328)</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12-part-i-chapter-3"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM I.3</span> - <span>Chapter 3 - Military Service during Hostilities (INA 329)</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12-part-i-chapter-5"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM I.5</span> - <span>Chapter 5 - Application and Filing for Service Members (INA 328 and 329)</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12-part-i-chapter-9"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM I.9</span> - <span>Chapter 9 - Spouses, Children, and Surviving Family Benefits</span></a></p> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-10-part-b-chapter-1"><span class="citation">10 USCIS-PM B.1</span> - <span>Chapter 1 - Purpose and Background</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-10-part-b-chapter-2"><span class="citation">10 USCIS-PM B.2</span> - <span>Chapter 2 - Employment Authorization for Certain H-4, E, and L Nonimmigrant Dependent Spouses</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2021-10-29T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">October 29, 2021</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is updating policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to clarify what steps applicants must take if they are not able to submit primary evidence of Liberian nationality to support an application for adjustment of status under the Liberian Refugee Immigration Fairness (LRIF) law.</p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2021-10-20T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">October 20, 2021</time> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2021-10-01T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">October 01, 2021</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>This technical update incorporates the policy guidance that U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced September 14, 2021, regarding health-related grounds of inadmissibility in accordance with recently updated requirements issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The updated guidance requires applicants subject to the immigration medical examination to submit COVID-19 vaccination records before completion of immigration medical examinations conducted in the United States and overseas. This guidance became effective October 1, 2021.</p> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-8-part-b-chapter-9"><span class="citation">8 USCIS-PM B.9</span> - <span>Chapter 9 - Vaccination Requirement</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-9-part-d-chapter-3"><span class="citation">9 USCIS-PM D.3</span> - <span>Chapter 3 - Waiver of Immigrant Vaccination Requirement</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2021-10-01T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">October 01, 2021</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>This technical update to Volume 8 modifies several footnotes to note the divergence from the Board of Immigration Appeals (BIA)ās decision in <em>Matter of Richmond</em>, 26 I&N Dec. 779, 787 (BIA 2016) in the Eleventh Circuit. In <em>Patel v. U.S. Att'y Gen.</em>, 971 F.3d 1258, 1272 (11th Cir. 2020) (en banc), the Eleventh Circuit held that a false claim to U.S. citizenship does not have to be material in order to result in inadmissibility. This decision only applies to cases within the jurisdiction of the Eleventh Circuit, which covers Georgia, Alabama, and Florida. This update also removes redundant footnotes.</p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2021-10-01T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">October 01, 2021</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>This technical update to Volume 8 removes the temporary extension of the validity period of the Report of Medical Examination and Vaccination Record (Form I-693) announced August 12, 2021. This temporary extension expires October 1, 2021.</p> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is updating guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual regarding interview criteria for asylee and refugee adjustment of status applicants.</p> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-7-part-l-chapter-5"><span class="citation">7 USCIS-PM L.5</span> - <span>Chapter 5 - Adjudication Procedures</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-7-part-m-chapter-5"><span class="citation">7 USCIS-PM M.5</span> - <span>Chapter 5 - Adjudication Procedures</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2021-09-14T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">September 14, 2021</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is updating guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual regarding health-related grounds of inadmissibility in accordance with recently updated requirements issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). The updated guidance requires applicants subject to the immigration medical examination to submit COVID-19 vaccination records before completion of immigration medical examinations conducted in the United States and overseas. This guidance becomes effective October 1, 2021.</p> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-8-part-b-chapter-9"><span class="citation">8 USCIS-PM B.9</span> - <span>Chapter 9 - Vaccination Requirement</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-9-part-d-chapter-3"><span class="citation">9 USCIS-PM D.3</span> - <span>Chapter 3 - Waiver of Immigrant Vaccination Requirement</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2021-08-12T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">August 12, 2021</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is temporarily extending the validity period of the Report of Medical Examination and Vaccination Record (Form I-693). This temporary extension is effective through September 30, 2021.</p> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-8-part-b-chapter-4"><span class="citation">8 USCIS-PM B.4</span> - <span>Chapter 4 - Review of Medical Examination Documentation</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div class="pm-resource__update_header">POLICY ALERT - Rescinding Guidance on Discretionary Employment Authorization for Parolees</div> |
| | | <div><br><time datetime="2021-08-12T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">August 12, 2021</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is rescinding policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual on discretionary employment authorization for parolees.</p> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-1-part-c-chapter-1"><span class="citation">1 USCIS-PM C.1</span> - <span>Chapter 1 - Purpose and Background</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-3-part-f-chapter-1"><span class="citation">3 USCIS-PM F.1</span> - <span>Chapter 1 - Purpose and Background</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-10-part-b-chapter-2"><span class="citation">10 USCIS-PM B.2</span> - <span>Chapter 2 - Employment Authorization for Certain H-4, E, and L Nonimmigrant Dependent Spouses</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2021-08-05T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">August 05, 2021</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is updating guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual regarding the determination of whether a child born outside the United States, including a child born through Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART), is considered born āin wedlock.ā</p> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-6-part-b-chapter-8"><span class="citation">6 USCIS-PM B.8</span> - <span>Chapter 8 - Children, Sons, and Daughters</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12-part-h-chapter-2"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM H.2</span> - <span>Chapter 2 - Definition of Child and Residence for Citizenship and Naturalization</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12-part-h-chapter-3"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM H.3</span> - <span>Chapter 3 - U.S. Citizens at Birth (INA 301 and 309)</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12-part-h-chapter-4"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM H.4</span> - <span>Chapter 4 - Automatic Acquisition of Citizenship after Birth (INA 320)</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12-part-h-chapter-5"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM H.5</span> - <span>Chapter 5 - Child Residing Outside the United States (INA 322)</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to address the urgent need for additional civil surgeons to conduct immigration medical examinations in support of Operation Allies Refuge. This guidance became effective July 26, 2021.</p> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-8-part-c-chapter-3"><span class="citation">8 USCIS-PM C.3</span> - <span>Chapter 3 - Blanket Civil Surgeon Designation</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>This technical update to Volume 7 includes references to the EB-5 visa program and Form I-526, Immigrant Petition by Alien Investor, and clarifications regarding the Child Status Protection Act eligibility of derivative applicants of the VAWA-based Form I-360, Petition for Amerasian, Widow(er), or Special Immigrant.</p> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-7-part-a-chapter-7"><span class="citation">7 USCIS-PM A.7</span> - <span>Chapter 7 - Child Status Protection Act</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is revising policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to comply with a recent court order.</p> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-6-part-g-chapter-2"><span class="citation">6 USCIS-PM G.2</span> - <span>Chapter 2 - Immigrant Petition Eligibility Requirements</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2021-07-20T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">July 20, 2021</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual regarding applications for change of status (COS) to F-1 classification.</p> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-2-part-f-chapter-8"><span class="citation">2 USCIS-PM F.8</span> - <span>Chapter 8 - Change of Status, Extension of Stay, and Length of Stay</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2021-07-16T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">July 16, 2021</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>This technical update to Volume 8 removes all references to the U.S. Department of Stateās 90-day rule.</p> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-8-part-j-chapter-3"><span class="citation">8 USCIS-PM J.3</span> - <span>Chapter 3 - Adjudicating Inadmissibility</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2021-07-15T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">July 15, 2021</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>This technical update explains that on June 22, 2021, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, in <em>Behring Regional Center LLC v. Wolf</em>, 20-cv-09263-JSC, vacated the <a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2019-07-24/pdf/2019-15000.pdf">EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program Modernization Final Rule (PDF)</a>. While USCIS considers this decision, USCIS will apply the EB-5 regulations and policies that were in effect before the rule was finalized on November 21, 2019.</p> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-6-part-g-chapter-1"><span class="citation">6 USCIS-PM G.1</span> - <span>Chapter 1 - Purpose and Background</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-6-part-g-chapter-2"><span class="citation">6 USCIS-PM G.2</span> - <span>Chapter 2 - Immigrant Petition Eligibility Requirements</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-6-part-g-chapter-3"><span class="citation">6 USCIS-PM G.3</span> - <span>Chapter 3 - Immigrant Petition Adjudication</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-6-part-g-chapter-4"><span class="citation">6 USCIS-PM G.4</span> - <span>Chapter 4 - Regional Center Applications</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-6-part-g-chapter-5"><span class="citation">6 USCIS-PM G.5</span> - <span>Chapter 5 - Project Applications</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-7-part-a-chapter-6"><span class="citation">7 USCIS-PM A.6</span> - <span>Chapter 6 - Adjudicative Review</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2021-06-17T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">June 17, 2021</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>This technical update to Volume 7 clarifies what evidence an applicant may submit to establish Liberian nationality when applying for adjustment of status under the Liberian Refugee Immigration Fairness (LRIF) law. It includes examples of secondary evidence that could support an applicantās claim of Liberian nationality, as part of the totality of the evidence.</p> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-7-part-p-chapter-5"><span class="citation">7 USCIS-PM P.5</span> - <span>Chapter 5 - Liberian Refugee Immigration Fairness</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2021-06-14T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">June 14, 2021</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is publishing guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual on employment authorization and deferred action for principal petitioners for U nonimmigrant status and qualifying family members with pending, bona fide petitions.</p> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-3-part-c"><span class="citation">3 USCIS-PM C</span> - <span>Part C - Victims of Crimes</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2021-06-09T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">June 09, 2021</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is updating policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual regarding criteria used to determine whether a case warrants expedited treatment.</p> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-1-part-a-chapter-5"><span class="citation">1 USCIS-PM A.5</span> - <span>Chapter 5 - Expedite Requests</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2021-06-09T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">June 09, 2021</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to address the circumstances in which officers should issue Requests for Evidence (RFEs) and Notices of Intent to Deny (NOIDs).</p> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-1-part-e-chapter-6"><span class="citation">1 USCIS-PM E.6</span> - <span>Chapter 6 - Evidence</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-1-part-e-chapter-9"><span class="citation">1 USCIS-PM E.9</span> - <span>Chapter 9 - Rendering a Decision</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2021-06-09T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">June 09, 2021</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is updating policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to increase the amount of time a grant of employment authorization is valid for applicants seeking adjustment of status under Section 245 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA).</p> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-10-part-b-chapter-4"><span class="citation">10 USCIS-PM B.4</span> - <span>Chapter 4 - Reserved</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2021-05-28T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">May 28, 2021</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to provide clarifications regarding certain naturalization applications filed by veterans of the U.S. armed forces under section 329 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). These clarifications ensure eligible military veterans who served honorably during specifically designated periods of hostility and meet all other statutory requirements for naturalization are able to naturalize and become U.S. citizens in accordance with U.S. immigration laws.</p> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12-part-i-chapter-3"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM I.3</span> - <span>Chapter 3 - Military Service during Hostilities (INA 329)</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12-part-i-chapter-5"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM I.5</span> - <span>Chapter 5 - Application and Filing for Service Members (INA 328 and 329)</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2021-05-27T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">May 27, 2021</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is updating policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual regarding applicantsā registration to vote through a stateās department of motor vehicles or other state benefit application process and the effects on an applicantās good moral character (GMC). |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12-part-f-chapter-5"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM F.5</span> - <span>Chapter 5 - Conditional Bars for Acts in Statutory Period</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2021-05-25T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">May 25, 2021</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is updating policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual regarding preservation of continuous residence and physical presence for naturalization purposes for applicants engaged outside the United States in a qualifying religious vocation under section 317 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA).</p> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12-part-d"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM D</span> - <span>Part D - General Naturalization Requirements</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div class="pm-resource__update_header">Technical Update - Incorporating New INA 320(c) Provision into Nationality Chart 3 - Derivative Citizenship of Children</div> |
| | | <div><br><time datetime="2021-05-24T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">May 24, 2021</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>This technical update to Volume 12 incorporates into Nationality Chart 3 the new INA 320(c) provision, as amended by Section 2 of the Citizenship for Children of Military Members and Civil Servants Act, regarding the automatic citizenship of a foreign-born child of a U.S. citizen employee of the U.S. government or member of the U.S. armed forces.</p> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12-part-h-chapter-3"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM H.3</span> - <span>Chapter 3 - U.S. Citizens at Birth (INA 301 and 309)</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2021-05-20T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">May 20, 2021</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>This technical update is part of an initiative to move existing policy guidance from the Adjudicatorās Field Manual (AFM) into the Policy Manual. This update does not make major substantive changes but consolidates and incorporates existing AFM guidance into the Policy Manual, streamlining USCISā immigration policy while removing obsolete information. This guidance replaces Chapter 30.4 of the AFM, related appendices, and policy memoranda.</p> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-11-part-f"><span class="citation">11 USCIS-PM F</span> - <span>Part F - Arrival-Departure Records</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2021-05-19T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">May 19, 2021</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>This technical update is part of an initiative to move existing policy guidance from the Adjudicatorās Field Manual (AFM) into the Policy Manual. This update does not make major substantive changes but consolidates and incorporates existing AFM guidance into the Policy Manual, streamlining USCISā immigration policy while removing obsolete information. This guidance replaces Chapter 21.7 of the AFM, related appendices, and policy memoranda.</p> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-7-part-p-chapter-9"><span class="citation">7 USCIS-PM P.9</span> - <span>Chapter 9 - Amerasian Immigrants</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2021-05-18T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">May 18, 2021</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>This technical update is part of an initiative to move existing policy guidance from the Adjudicatorās Field Manual (AFM) into the Policy Manual. This update does not make major substantive changes but consolidates and incorporates existing AFM guidance into the Policy Manual, streamlining USCISā immigration policy while removing obsolete information. This guidance replaces Chapters 22.1 and 22.2 of the AFM, related appendices, and policy memoranda.</p> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-6-part-e"><span class="citation">6 USCIS-PM E</span> - <span>Part E - Employment-Based Immigration</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-6-part-f"><span class="citation">6 USCIS-PM F</span> - <span>Part F - Employment-Based Classifications</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2021-05-14T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">May 14, 2021</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>This technical update directs readers to visit the USCIS webpage for the latest information on Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) program extensions and visa numbers for Afghans who were employed by or on behalf of the U.S. Government.</p> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-6-part-h-chapter-1"><span class="citation">6 USCIS-PM H.1</span> - <span>Chapter 1 - Purpose and Background</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-6-part-h-chapter-9"><span class="citation">6 USCIS-PM H.9</span> - <span>Chapter 9 - Certain Afghan Nationals</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-7-part-f-chapter-10"><span class="citation">7 USCIS-PM F.10</span> - <span>Chapter 10 - Certain Afghan and Iraqi Nationals</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>This technical update replaces all instances of the term āalienā with ānoncitizenā or other appropriate terms throughout the Policy Manual where possible, as used to refer to a person who meets the definition provided in INA 101(a)(3) [āany person not a citizen or national of the United Statesā].</p> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-1"><span class="citation">1 USCIS-PM</span> - <span>Volume 1 - General Policies and Procedures</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-2"><span class="citation">2 USCIS-PM</span> - <span>Volume 2 - Nonimmigrants</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-6"><span class="citation">6 USCIS-PM</span> - <span>Volume 6 - Immigrants</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-7"><span class="citation">7 USCIS-PM</span> - <span>Volume 7 - Adjustment of Status</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-8"><span class="citation">8 USCIS-PM</span> - <span>Volume 8 - Admissibility</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-9"><span class="citation">9 USCIS-PM</span> - <span>Volume 9 - Waivers and Other Forms of Relief</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-10"><span class="citation">10 USCIS-PM</span> - <span>Volume 10 - Employment Authorization</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-11"><span class="citation">11 USCIS-PM</span> - <span>Volume 11 - Travel and Identity Documents</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM</span> - <span>Volume 12 - Citizenship and Naturalization</span></a></p> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-11-part-b-chapter-2"><span class="citation">11 USCIS-PM B.2</span> - <span>Chapter 2 - Replacement of Permanent Resident Card</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-11-part-b-chapter-3"><span class="citation">11 USCIS-PM B.3</span> - <span>Chapter 3 - Expired Permanent Resident Cards</span></a></p> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-2-part-n-chapter-2"><span class="citation">2 USCIS-PM N.2</span> - <span>Chapter 2 - Eligibility Requirements</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-2-part-n-chapter-4"><span class="citation">2 USCIS-PM N.4</span> - <span>Chapter 4 - Documentation and Evidence</span></a></p> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-6-part-j"><span class="citation">6 USCIS-PM J</span> - <span>Part J - Special Immigrant Juveniles</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2021-03-10T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">March 10, 2021</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>This technical update removes the guidance in Volume 2, Part A, Chapter 4, Volume 8, Part G, and Volume 12, Part D, Chapter 2 relating to the administration of the public charge ground of inadmissibility under the <em>Inadmissibility on Public Charge Grounds</em> final rule, 84 FR 41292 (Aug. 14, 2019); as amended by <em>Inadmissibility on Public Charge Grounds; Correction</em>, 84 FR 52357 (Oct. 2, 2019) ( āPublic Charge Final Ruleā), which was implemented on Feb. 24, 2020. On Nov. 2, 2020, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois vacated the Public Charge Final Rule nationwide. On Nov. 3, 2020, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit issued an administrative stay and, on Nov. 19, 2020, a stay pending appeal of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinoisā Nov. 2, 2020 decision. On Mar. 9, 2021, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit lifted its stay and the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinoisā order vacating the Public Charge Final Rule went into effect. USCIS immediately stopped applying the Public Charge Final Rule to all pending applications and petitions that would have been subject to the rule. For information on related litigation affecting implementation, see the <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="daf856e3-e1ee-4f39-a12b-165c931c9cb9" href="/green-card/green-card-processes-and-procedures/public-charge/inadmissibility-on-public-charge-grounds-final-rule-litigation">Inadmissibility on Public Charge Grounds Final Rule: Litigation</a> webpage.</p> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-2-part-a-chapter-4"><span class="citation">2 USCIS-PM A.4</span> - <span>Chapter 4 - Extension of Stay, Change of Status, and Extension of Petition Validity</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-8-part-g"><span class="citation">8 USCIS-PM G</span> - <span>Part G - Public Charge Ground of Inadmissibility</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12-part-d-chapter-2"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM D.2</span> - <span>Chapter 2 - Lawful Permanent Resident Admission for Naturalization</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>This technical update incorporates into Volume 12 the policy guidance that U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced February 22, 2021, addressing educational requirements for naturalization to demonstrate a knowledge and understanding of the fundamentals of the history, and of the principles and form of government, of the United States (civics) under section 312 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). Specifically, USCIS is reverting back to the 2008 version of the civics test, allowing a brief period during which USCIS may also offer the 2020 version of the test to applicants affected by the timing of this update. This guidance became effective March 1, 2021.</p> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is updating policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual regarding the educational requirements for naturalization to demonstrate a knowledge and understanding of the fundamentals of the history, and of the principles and form of government, of the United States (civics) under section 312 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). Specifically, USCIS is reverting back to the 2008 version of the civics test, allowing a brief period during which USCIS may also offer the 2020 version of the test to applicants affected by the timing of this update. This guidance becomes effective March 1, 2021.</p> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-7-part-p-chapter-5"><span class="citation">7 USCIS-PM P.5</span> - <span>Chapter 5 - Liberian Refugee Immigration Fairness</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2021-01-14T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">January 14, 2021</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is providing policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual regarding applications for discretionary employment authorization based on 8 CFR 274a.12(c)(9) (pending application for adjustment of status under INA 245) or 8 CFR 274a.12(c)(14) (grant of deferred action). USCIS is also providing guidance outlining the categories of aliens eligible for discretionary employment authorization.</p> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-10-part-a"><span class="citation">10 USCIS-PM A</span> - <span>Part A - Employment Authorization Policies and Procedures</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-10-part-b"><span class="citation">10 USCIS-PM B</span> - <span>Part B - Specific Categories</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2020-12-15T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">December 15, 2020</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is updating guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual regarding adjustment of status interview waiver categories and expanding the interview criteria for asylee and refugee adjustment of status applicants.</p> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-7-part-a-chapter-5"><span class="citation">7 USCIS-PM A.5</span> - <span>Chapter 5 - Interview Guidelines</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-7-part-l-chapter-5"><span class="citation">7 USCIS-PM L.5</span> - <span>Chapter 5 - Adjudication Procedures</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-7-part-m-chapter-5"><span class="citation">7 USCIS-PM M.5</span> - <span>Chapter 5 - Adjudication Procedures</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div class="pm-resource__update_header">Technical Update - Clarifying Acquisition of Citizenship Requirement in Nationality Chart 2 for Children Born Out of Wedlock Before May 24, 1934</div> |
| | | <div><br><time datetime="2020-12-08T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">December 08, 2020</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>This technical update to Volume 12 incorporates a clarification to Nationality Chart 2 to align with the provisions of the Immigration and Nationality Technical Corrections Act of 1994 (INTCA), which affected acquisition of citizenship for children born before May 24, 1934. Specifically, this technical update clarifies that an alien child born out of wedlock before May 24, 1934 acquires citizenship retroactively to the time of birth in cases where the childās mother resided in the United States at any time before the childās birth, regardless of whether the child was legitimated by the alien father.</p> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12-part-h-chapter-3"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM H.3</span> - <span>Chapter 3 - U.S. Citizens at Birth (INA 301 and 309)</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2020-12-08T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">December 08, 2020</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>This technical update is part of an initiative to move existing policy guidance from the Adjudicatorās Field Manual (AFM) into the Policy Manual. This update does not make major substantive changes but consolidates and incorporates existing AFM guidance into the Policy Manual, streamlining USCISā immigration policy while removing obsolete information. This guidance replaces Chapter 23.5(c) of the AFM, related appendices, and policy memoranda.</p> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-7-part-c"><span class="citation">7 USCIS-PM C</span> - <span>Part C - 245(i) Adjustment</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2020-12-04T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">December 04, 2020</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to reflect changes made in the new version of the Medical Certification for Disability Exception (Form N-648).</p> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12-part-e-chapter-3"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM E.3</span> - <span>Chapter 3 - Medical Disability Exception (Form N-648)</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2020-12-02T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">December 02, 2020</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to address Schedule A designations.</p> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-6-part-e-chapter-7"><span class="citation">6 USCIS-PM E.7</span> - <span>Chapter 7 - Schedule A Designation Petitions</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2020-12-01T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">December 01, 2020</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>This technical update incorporates into Volume 12 the policy guidance that U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced November 13, 2020, addressing the educational requirements for naturalization on the knowledge and understanding of the fundamentals of the history, and of the principles and form of government, of the United States (civics) under section 312 of the Immigration and Nationality Act. This guidance became effective December 1, 2020.</p> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12-part-e-chapter-2"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM E.2</span> - <span>Chapter 2 - English and Civics Testing</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2020-11-18T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">November 18, 2020</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is updating policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to ensure consistency in the naturalization decision-making process and to clarify circumstances under which an applicant may be found ineligible for naturalization if the applicant was not lawfully admitted to the United States for permanent residence in accordance with all applicable provisions under the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA).</p> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12-part-b-chapter-4"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM B.4</span> - <span>Chapter 4 - Results of the Naturalization Examination</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12-part-d-chapter-2"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM D.2</span> - <span>Chapter 2 - Lawful Permanent Resident Admission for Naturalization</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12-part-f-chapter-2"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM F.2</span> - <span>Chapter 2 - Adjudicative Factors</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2020-11-17T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">November 17, 2020</time> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-7-part-a-chapter-1"><span class="citation">7 USCIS-PM A.1</span> - <span>Chapter 1 - Purpose and Background</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-7-part-a-chapter-10"><span class="citation">7 USCIS-PM A.10</span> - <span>Chapter 10 - Legal Analysis and Use of Discretion</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2020-11-17T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">November 17, 2020</time> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-7-part-e-chapter-5"><span class="citation">7 USCIS-PM E.5</span> - <span>Chapter 5 - Job Portability after Adjustment Filing and Other AC21 Provisions</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2020-11-13T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">November 13, 2020</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is updating policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual regarding the educational requirements for naturalization on the knowledge and understanding of the fundamentals of the history, and of the principles and form of government, of the United States (civics) under section 312 of the Immigration and Nationality Act. This guidance becomes effective December 1, 2020.</p> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12-part-e-chapter-2"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM E.2</span> - <span>Chapter 2 - English and Civics Testing</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2020-11-13T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">November 13, 2020</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is updating policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual regarding the Child Status Protection Act (CSPA), to include how USCIS calculates age under certain contexts and what actions satisfy the āsought to acquireā requirement.</p> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-7-part-a-chapter-7"><span class="citation">7 USCIS-PM A.7</span> - <span>Chapter 7 - Child Status Protection Act</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2020-10-15T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">October 15, 2020</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual regarding the nonimmigrant cultural visitor visa classification, commonly known as the āQā visa category.</p> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-2-part-e"><span class="citation">2 USCIS-PM E</span> - <span>Part E - Cultural Visitors (Q)</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div class="pm-resource__update_header">POLICY ALERT - Temporary Protected Status and Eligibility for Adjustment of Status under Section 245(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act</div> |
| | | <div><br><time datetime="2020-10-06T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">October 06, 2020</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is updating policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual regarding whether temporary protected status (TPS) beneficiaries are eligible for adjustment of status under section 245(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA).</p> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-7-part-b-chapter-2"><span class="citation">7 USCIS-PM B.2</span> - <span>Chapter 2 - Eligibility Requirements</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div class="pm-resource__update_header">POLICY ALERT - Inadmissibility Based on Membership in a Totalitarian Party</div> |
| | | <div><br><time datetime="2020-10-02T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">October 02, 2020</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to address inadmissibility based on membership in or affiliation with the Communist or any other totalitarian party.</p> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-8-part-f-chapter-3"><span class="citation">8 USCIS-PM F.3</span> - <span>Chapter 3 - Immigrant Membership in Totalitarian Party</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2020-09-22T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">September 22, 2020</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>This technical update clarifies how applicants and petitioners may request relief under INA 204(l).</p> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-7-part-a-chapter-9"><span class="citation">7 USCIS-PM A.9</span> - <span>Chapter 9 - Death of Petitioner or Principal Beneficiary</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2020-09-18T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">September 18, 2020</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is updating policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual regarding residency requirements under Section 320 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), as amended by the Citizenship for Children of Military Members and Civil Servants Act.</p> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12-part-h"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM H</span> - <span>Part H - Children of U.S. Citizens</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12-part-i"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM I</span> - <span>Part I - Military Members and their Families</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2020-09-17T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">September 17, 2020</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>This technical update is part of an initiative to move existing policy guidance from the Adjudicatorās Field Manual (AFM) into the Policy Manual. This update does not make major substantive changes but consolidates and incorporates existing AFM guidance into the Policy Manual, streamlining USCISā immigration policy while removing obsolete information. This guidance replaces Chapter 33 of the AFM, related appendices, and policy memoranda.</p> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-2-part-n"><span class="citation">2 USCIS-PM N</span> - <span>Part N - Athletes and Entertainers (P)</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2020-09-17T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">September 17, 2020</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to update and consolidate guidance related to O nonimmigrant classifications.</p> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-2-part-m"><span class="citation">2 USCIS-PM M</span> - <span>Part M - Nonimmigrants of Extraordinary Ability or Achievement (O)</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2020-09-15T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">September 15, 2020</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>This technical update clarifies the examples provided to illustrate the impact of absences from the United States for purposes of the continuous residence requirement for naturalization, including the hypothetical dates used in the examples.</p> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12-part-d-chapter-3"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM D.3</span> - <span>Chapter 3 - Continuous Residence</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2020-09-02T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">September 02, 2020</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is revising its policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to align with the Fee Schedule and Changes to Certain Other Immigration Benefit Request Requirements Final Rule, published in the Federal Register on August 3, 2020. This guidance becomes effective October 2, 2020. For information regarding implementation, see <a class="footnote" data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="3a63f80e-487e-4cc0-b597-46a158bc5372" href="/policy-manual/volume-1-part-b#3#1">Appendix: 2020 Fee Rule Litigation Summary</a>.</p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2020-08-27T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">August 27, 2020</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>This technical update incorporates references to Braille-related accommodations for the naturalization test.</p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2020-08-27T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">August 27, 2020</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>This technical update removes the exemption from discretion for asylum applicants seeking employment authorization under 8 CFR 274a.12(c)(8). The Asylum Application, Interview, and Employment Authorization for Applicants Final Rule (Final Rule) (effective August 25, 2020) amended 8 CFR 274a.13(a)(1) to eliminate the exemption. Accordingly, asylum applicants who file applications for employment authorization on or after August 25, 2020 are subject to discretion like other applicants seeking employment authorization under 8 CFR 274a.12(c). <strong>Note: On September 11, 2020, the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland in <em>Casa de Maryland et al v. Chad Wolf</em> provided limited injunctive relief to members of two organizations, CASA de Maryland (CASA) and the Asylum Seeker Advocacy Project (ASAP), in the application of the Final Rule to Form I-589s and Form I-765s filed by asylum applicants who are also members of CASA or ASAP. Therefore, while the rule is preliminarily enjoined, we will continue to apply the prior regulatory language and exempt from discretion CASA and ASAP members who file a Form I-765 based on an asylum application.</strong></p> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>This technical update provides clarification on the 2-year foreign residence requirement for certain exchange visitors subject to INA 212(e).</p> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-7-part-a-chapter-2"><span class="citation">7 USCIS-PM A.2</span> - <span>Chapter 2 - Eligibility Requirements</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>This technical update is part of an initiative to move existing policy guidance from the Adjudicatorās Field Manual (AFM) into the Policy Manual. This update does not make major substantive changes but consolidates and incorporates existing AFM guidance into the Policy Manual, streamlining USCISā immigration policy while removing obsolete information. This guidance replaces Chapters 22.3 and 26 of the AFM, related appendices, and policy memoranda.</p> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-6-part-h"><span class="citation">6 USCIS-PM H</span> - <span>Part H - Designated and Special Immigrants</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-7-part-q"><span class="citation">7 USCIS-PM Q</span> - <span>Part Q - Rescission of Lawful Permanent Residence</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing clarifying policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual regarding deployment of investment capital, including further deployment after the job creation requirement is satisfied.</p> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-6-part-g-chapter-2"><span class="citation">6 USCIS-PM G.2</span> - <span>Chapter 2 - Immigrant Petition Eligibility Requirements</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-6-part-g-chapter-4"><span class="citation">6 USCIS-PM G.4</span> - <span>Chapter 4 - Regional Center Applications</span></a></p> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-1-part-e-chapter-8"><span class="citation">1 USCIS-PM E.8</span> - <span>Chapter 8 - Discretionary Analysis</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-10-part-a-chapter-5"><span class="citation">10 USCIS-PM A.5</span> - <span>Chapter 5 - Reserved</span></a></p> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-7-part-a-chapter-2"><span class="citation">7 USCIS-PM A.2</span> - <span>Chapter 2 - Eligibility Requirements</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-7-part-f-chapter-6"><span class="citation">7 USCIS-PM F.6</span> - <span>Chapter 6 - Certain G-4 or NATO-6 Employees and their Family Members</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-7-part-o-chapter-3"><span class="citation">7 USCIS-PM O.3</span> - <span>Chapter 3 - Children Born in the United States to Accredited Diplomats</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is updating and incorporating relevant Adjudicatorās Field Manual (AFM) content into the USCIS Policy Manual. As that process is ongoing, USCIS has moved any remaining AFM content to its corresponding USCIS Policy Manual Part, in PDF format, until relevant AFM content has been properly incorporated into the USCIS Policy Manual. To the extent that a provision in the USCIS Policy Manual conflicts with remaining AFM content or Policy Memoranda, the updated information in the USCIS Policy Manual prevails. To find remaining AFM content, see the <a data-entity-substitution="media" data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="349de2b5-990b-4b61-b780-2eb4c0ed58cf" href="/sites/default/files/document/policy-manual-afm/afm-pmcrosswalk.pdf">crosswalk</a> between the AFM and the Policy Manual.</p> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-1"><span class="citation">1 USCIS-PM</span> - <span>Volume 1 - General Policies and Procedures</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-2"><span class="citation">2 USCIS-PM</span> - <span>Volume 2 - Nonimmigrants</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-3"><span class="citation">3 USCIS-PM</span> - <span>Volume 3 - Humanitarian Protection and Parole</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-4"><span class="citation">4 USCIS-PM</span> - <span>Volume 4 - Refugees and Asylees</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-5"><span class="citation">5 USCIS-PM</span> - <span>Volume 5 - Adoptions</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-6"><span class="citation">6 USCIS-PM</span> - <span>Volume 6 - Immigrants</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-7"><span class="citation">7 USCIS-PM</span> - <span>Volume 7 - Adjustment of Status</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-8"><span class="citation">8 USCIS-PM</span> - <span>Volume 8 - Admissibility</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-9"><span class="citation">9 USCIS-PM</span> - <span>Volume 9 - Waivers and Other Forms of Relief</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-11"><span class="citation">11 USCIS-PM</span> - <span>Volume 11 - Travel and Identity Documents</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM</span> - <span>Volume 12 - Citizenship and Naturalization</span></a></p> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-7-part-a-chapter-8"><span class="citation">7 USCIS-PM A.8</span> - <span>Chapter 8 - Transfer of Underlying Basis</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>This technical update is part of an initiative to move existing policy guidance from the Adjudicatorās Field Manual (AFM) into the Policy Manual. This update does not make major substantive changes but consolidates and incorporates existing AFM guidance into the Policy Manual, streamlining USCISā immigration policy while removing obsolete information. This guidance replaces Chapters 1, 3.4, 10.2, 10.3(a), 10.3(c), 10.3(e), 10.3(i), 10.4, 10.22, 11.1(c), 13, 14, 17, 23.8, 31.7, 33.10, 34.5, 35, 41.6, 42, 44, 56.1, 56.3, 56.4, 62, 81, 82, 83.1, 83.2, and 83.3 of the AFM, related appendices, and policy memoranda.</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-1-part-e"><span class="citation">1 USCIS-PM E</span> - <span>Part E - Adjudications</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-2-part-o"><span class="citation">2 USCIS-PM O</span> - <span>Part O - Religious Workers (R)</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-7-part-o-chapter-5"><span class="citation">7 USCIS-PM O.5</span> - <span>Chapter 5 - Other Special Laws</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2020-04-16T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">April 16, 2020</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>This technical update removes references to Form I-864W, Request for Exemption for Intending Immigrantās Affidavit of Support, which was discontinued by the Inadmissibility on Public Charge Grounds Rule and is no longer used by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-7-part-a-chapter-4"><span class="citation">7 USCIS-PM A.4</span> - <span>Chapter 4 - Documentation</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-7-part-a-chapter-6"><span class="citation">7 USCIS-PM A.6</span> - <span>Chapter 6 - Adjudicative Review</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2020-04-07T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">April 07, 2020</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual regarding eligibility requirements, filing, and adjudication of adjustment of status applications based on the Liberian Refugee Immigration Fairness law.</p></div> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2020-03-19T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">March 19, 2020</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>This technical update replaces instances of the term āentrepreneurā with āinvestorā throughout the Policy Manual in accordance with the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program Final Rule.</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-7-part-a-chapter-2"><span class="citation">7 USCIS-PM A.2</span> - <span>Chapter 2 - Eligibility Requirements</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-7-part-b-chapter-2"><span class="citation">7 USCIS-PM B.2</span> - <span>Chapter 2 - Eligibility Requirements</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12-part-g-chapter-5"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM G.5</span> - <span>Chapter 5 - Conditional Permanent Resident Spouses and Naturalization</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is incorporating general information on USCISā use of photographs as biometrics.</p></div> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2020-03-05T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">March 05, 2020</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual regarding submission of benefit requests to USCIS.</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-1-part-b"><span class="citation">1 USCIS-PM B</span> - <span>Part B - Submission of Benefit Requests</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2020-02-26T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">February 26, 2020</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to address naturalization applicantsā absences from the United States of more than 6 months but less than 1 year during the statutorily required continuous residence period.</p></div> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2020-02-24T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">February 24, 2020</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p><strong>Note: On Nov. 2, 2020, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois vacated the Public Charge Final Rule nationwide. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit later issued a stay of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinoisā Nov. 2, 2020 decision. On Mar. 9, 2021, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit lifted the stay and the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinoisā order vacating the Public Charge Final Rule went into effect. USCIS immediately stopped applying the Public Charge Final Rule to all pending applications and petitions that would have been subject to the rule. For information on related litigation affecting implementation, see the <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="daf856e3-e1ee-4f39-a12b-165c931c9cb9" href="/green-card/green-card-processes-and-procedures/public-charge/inadmissibility-on-public-charge-grounds-final-rule-litigation">Inadmissibility on Public Charge Grounds Final Rule: Litigation</a> webpage. The alert text below and related guidance are no longer in effect.</strong></p> |
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| | | <p>This update incorporates into Volumes 2, 8, and 12 policy guidance that U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced February 5, 2020, implementing the Inadmissibility of Public Charge Grounds Final Rule. This guidance is in effect as of February 24, 2020 and applies nationwide to all applications and petitions postmarked on or after that date. Certain classes of aliens are exempt from the public charge ground of inadmissibility (such as refugees, asylees, certain VAWA self-petitioners, U petitioners, and T applicants) and therefore, are not subject to the Final Rule. For more information about the classes of [noncitizens] who are exempt from the Final Rule, see the <a class="footnote" data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="68df2897-3a8f-40af-a48c-9b9e93c502c5" href="/policy-manual/volume-8-part-g#3">appendices</a> related to applicability. For information on related litigation affecting implementation, see the <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="daf856e3-e1ee-4f39-a12b-165c931c9cb9" href="/green-card/green-card-processes-and-procedures/public-charge/inadmissibility-on-public-charge-grounds-final-rule-litigation">USCIS webpage</a> on the injunction.</p> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-2-part-a-chapter-4"><span class="citation">2 USCIS-PM A.4</span> - <span>Chapter 4 - Extension of Stay, Change of Status, and Extension of Petition Validity</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-8-part-g"><span class="citation">8 USCIS-PM G</span> - <span>Part G - Public Charge Ground of Inadmissibility</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12-part-d-chapter-2"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM D.2</span> - <span>Chapter 2 - Lawful Permanent Resident Admission for Naturalization</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2020-02-05T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">February 05, 2020</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p style="margin-bottom:16px"><strong>Note: On Nov. 2, 2020, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois vacated the Public Charge Final Rule nationwide. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit later issued a stay of the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinoisā Nov. 2, 2020 decision. On Mar. 9, 2021, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit lifted the stay and the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinoisā order vacating the Public Charge Final Rule went into effect. USCIS immediately stopped applying the Public Charge Final Rule to all pending applications and petitions that would have been subject to the rule. For information on related litigation affecting implementation, see the <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="daf856e3-e1ee-4f39-a12b-165c931c9cb9" href="/green-card/green-card-processes-and-procedures/public-charge/inadmissibility-on-public-charge-grounds-final-rule-litigation">Inadmissibility on Public Charge Grounds Final Rule: Litigation</a> webpage. The alert text below and related guidance are no longer in effect.</strong></p> |
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| | | <p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to address the final rule on the public charge ground of inadmissibility. This policy guidance is effective on February 24, 2020, and will apply to all applicants and petitioners filing applications and petitions for adjustment of status, extension of stay, and change of status, except for applicants and petitioners in the State of Illinois, whose cases will be adjudicated under prior policy, including the <a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-1999-05-26/pdf/99-13202.pdf">1999 Interim Field Guidance (PDF)</a> and <a href="https://www.uscis.gov/sites/default/files/document/policy-manual-afm/afm61-external.pdf">AFM Ch. 61.1 (PDF)</a>. For additional information, see <a href="/node/80834">Public Charge Inadmissibility Determinations in Illinois</a>. Certain classes of aliens are exempt from the public charge ground of inadmissibility (such as refugees, asylees, certain VAWA self-petitioners, U petitioners, and T applicants) and therefore, are not subject to the Inadmissibility on Public Charge Grounds final rule. For more information about the classes of [noncitizens] who are exempt from the final rule, see the <a data-entity-substitution="canonical" data-entity-type="node" data-entity-uuid="68df2897-3a8f-40af-a48c-9b9e93c502c5" href="/policy-manual/volume-8-part-g#3">appendices</a> related to applicability.</p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2020-01-31T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">January 31, 2020</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to address the limited circumstances in which USCIS has delegated authority to the U.S. Department of State to accept and adjudicate the Form I-130 filed abroad at U.S. embassies and consulates. This guidance becomes effective February 1, 2020.</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-6-part-b-chapter-3"><span class="citation">6 USCIS-PM B.3</span> - <span>Chapter 3 - Filing</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2020-01-30T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">January 30, 2020</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to address the availability of mobile biometrics services and clarify guidance on the validity period for fingerprint waivers.</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-1-part-c-chapter-2"><span class="citation">1 USCIS-PM C.2</span> - <span>Chapter 2 - Biometrics Collection</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2020-01-16T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">January 16, 2020</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p><span>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual regarding eligibility requirements, filing, and adjudication of requests to replace Permanent Resident Cards using the Application to Replace Permanent Resident Card (Form I-90).</span></p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-11-part-b"><span class="citation">11 USCIS-PM B</span> - <span>Part B - Permanent Resident Cards</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2020-01-09T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">January 09, 2020</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is updating policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to clarify that the spouse of a U.S. citizen who was subjected to battery or extreme cruelty by his or her U.S. citizen spouse does not need to establish that he or she is still married to the abusive spouse at the time he or she files the application for naturalization.</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12-part-g-chapter-3"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM G.3</span> - <span>Chapter 3 - Spouses of U.S. Citizens Residing in the United States</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2019-12-20T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">December 20, 2019</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is updating the USCIS Policy Manual to clarify the effect of travel outside the United States by temporary protected status beneficiaries who have final removal orders.</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-7-part-a-chapter-3"><span class="citation">7 USCIS-PM A.3</span> - <span>Chapter 3 - Filing Instructions</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is clarifying guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to indicate that the spouse, child, or parent of a deceased U.S. citizen member of the U.S. armed forces who died āduring a period of honorable serviceā (instead of as the result of honorable service) may be eligible for naturalization as the surviving relative of the service member, consistent with the statutory language in INA 319(d).</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12-part-i-chapter-9"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM I.9</span> - <span>Chapter 9 - Spouses, Children, and Surviving Family Benefits</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is updating policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual on unlawful acts during the applicable statutory period that reflect adversely on moral character and may prevent an applicant from meeting the good moral character requirement for naturalization.</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12-part-f-chapter-5"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM F.5</span> - <span>Chapter 5 - Conditional Bars for Acts in Statutory Period</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual regarding how post-sentencing changes to criminal sentences impact convictions for immigration purposes and how two or more driving under the influence convictions affects good moral character determinations. These updates incorporate two recent decisions issued by the Attorney General.</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12-part-f-chapter-2"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM F.2</span> - <span>Chapter 2 - Adjudicative Factors</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12-part-f-chapter-5"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM F.5</span> - <span>Chapter 5 - Conditional Bars for Acts in Statutory Period</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2019-12-10T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">December 10, 2019</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is updating existing guidance based on revised Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Technical Instructions regarding tuberculosis, gonorrhea, and syphilis and the change in nomenclature from leprosy to Hansenās Disease. USCIS is also updating how USCIS submits a request to CDC for advisory opinion and removing the outdated vaccination chart.</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-8-part-b-chapter-1"><span class="citation">8 USCIS-PM B.1</span> - <span>Chapter 1 - Purpose and Background</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-8-part-b-chapter-6"><span class="citation">8 USCIS-PM B.6</span> - <span>Chapter 6 - Communicable Diseases of Public Health Significance</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-8-part-b-chapter-8"><span class="citation">8 USCIS-PM B.8</span> - <span>Chapter 8 - Drug Abuse or Drug Addiction</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-8-part-b-chapter-9"><span class="citation">8 USCIS-PM B.9</span> - <span>Chapter 9 - Vaccination Requirement</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>This technical update incorporates into Volume 1 the policy guidance that U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced October 25, 2019, regarding submission and acceptance of fees for immigration benefit requests. USCIS published this guidance with an effective date of December 2, 2019. <strong>Note: On December 11, 2019, the Federal District Court for the Northern District of California in <em>Seattle v. DHS</em> enjoined the Department of Homeland Security from requiring use of the new version of Form I-912, Request for Fee Waiver. USCIS has noted this in the corresponding Policy Manual guidance and reinstated the prior fee waiver policy guidance at <a data-entity-substitution="media" data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="849f61fa-c03a-474e-8acf-23f0d7b4abc2" href="/sites/default/files/document/policy-manual-afm/afm10-external.pdf">AFM 10.9</a> and <a data-entity-substitution="media" data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="849f61fa-c03a-474e-8acf-23f0d7b4abc2" href="/sites/default/files/document/policy-manual-afm/afm10-external.pdf">10.10</a>.</strong></p> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-1-part-b-chapter-3"><span class="citation">1 USCIS-PM B.3</span> - <span>Chapter 3 - Fees</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-1-part-b-chapter-4"><span class="citation">1 USCIS-PM B.4</span> - <span>Chapter 4 - Fee Waivers and Fee Exemptions</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to update and clarify when USCIS may adjust the status of an applicant whose conditional permanent resident (CPR) status was terminated.</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-7-part-b-chapter-7"><span class="citation">7 USCIS-PM B.7</span> - <span>Chapter 7 - Other Barred Adjustment Applicants</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is updating the USCIS Policy Manual regarding the special immigrant juvenile (SIJ) classification.</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-6-part-j"><span class="citation">6 USCIS-PM J</span> - <span>Part J - Special Immigrant Juveniles</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div class="pm-resource__update_header">POLICY ALERT - EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program Modernization Final Rule</div> |
| | | <div><br><time datetime="2019-11-06T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">November 06, 2019</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is revising its policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to align with the EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program Modernization Final Rule, published on July 24, 2019, and effective November 21, 2019. <strong>Note: On June 22, 2021, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, in <em>Behring Regional Center LLC v. Wolf</em>, 20-cv-09263-JSC, vacated the <a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/FR-2019-07-24/pdf/2019-15000.pdf">EB-5 Immigrant Investor Program Modernization Final Rule (PDF)</a>. While USCIS considers this decision, USCIS will apply the EB-5 regulations and policies that were in effect before the rule was finalized on November 21, 2019.</strong></p> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-6-part-g-chapter-1"><span class="citation">6 USCIS-PM G.1</span> - <span>Chapter 1 - Purpose and Background</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-6-part-g-chapter-2"><span class="citation">6 USCIS-PM G.2</span> - <span>Chapter 2 - Immigrant Petition Eligibility Requirements</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-6-part-g-chapter-4"><span class="citation">6 USCIS-PM G.4</span> - <span>Chapter 4 - Regional Center Applications</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-6-part-g-chapter-5"><span class="citation">6 USCIS-PM G.5</span> - <span>Chapter 5 - Project Applications</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-7-part-a-chapter-6"><span class="citation">7 USCIS-PM A.6</span> - <span>Chapter 6 - Adjudicative Review</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div class="pm-resource__update_header">Technical Update - Implementation of Policy Guidance on Defining āResidenceā in Statutory Provisions Related to Citizenship</div> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>This technical update incorporates into Volume 12 the policy guidance that U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced August 28, 2019 addressing requirements for āresidenceā in statutory provisions related to citizenship. This guidance became effective October 29, 2019. </p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12-part-h"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM H</span> - <span>Part H - Children of U.S. Citizens</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12-part-i"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM I</span> - <span>Part I - Military Members and their Families</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual regarding submission and acceptance of fees for immigration benefit requests, with an effective date of December 2, 2019. <strong><span>Note: On December 11, 2019, the Federal District Court for the Northern District of California in <em>Seattle v. DHS</em> enjoined the Department of Homeland Security from requiring use of the new version of Form I-912, Request for Fee Waiver. USCIS has noted this in the corresponding Policy Manual guidance and reinstated the prior fee waiver policy guidance at <a data-entity-substitution="media" data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="849f61fa-c03a-474e-8acf-23f0d7b4abc2" href="/sites/default/files/document/policy-manual-afm/afm10-external.pdf" type="application/pdf;length=3012391">AFM 10.9 (PDF, 2.87 MB)</a> and <a data-entity-substitution="media" data-entity-type="media" data-entity-uuid="849f61fa-c03a-474e-8acf-23f0d7b4abc2" href="/sites/default/files/document/policy-manual-afm/afm10-external.pdf" type="application/pdf;length=3012391">10.10 (PDF, 2.87 MB)</a>.</span></strong></p> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-1-part-b-chapter-3"><span class="citation">1 USCIS-PM B.3</span> - <span>Chapter 3 - Fees</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-1-part-b-chapter-4"><span class="citation">1 USCIS-PM B.4</span> - <span>Chapter 4 - Fee Waivers and Fee Exemptions</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>This technical update replaces all instances of the term āforeign nationalā with āalienā throughout the Policy Manual as used to refer to a person who meets the definition provided in INA 101(a)(3) [āany person not a citizen or national of the United Statesā].</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-1"><span class="citation">1 USCIS-PM</span> - <span>Volume 1 - General Policies and Procedures</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-2"><span class="citation">2 USCIS-PM</span> - <span>Volume 2 - Nonimmigrants</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-6"><span class="citation">6 USCIS-PM</span> - <span>Volume 6 - Immigrants</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-7"><span class="citation">7 USCIS-PM</span> - <span>Volume 7 - Adjustment of Status</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-8"><span class="citation">8 USCIS-PM</span> - <span>Volume 8 - Admissibility</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-9"><span class="citation">9 USCIS-PM</span> - <span>Volume 9 - Waivers and Other Forms of Relief</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-10"><span class="citation">10 USCIS-PM</span> - <span>Volume 10 - Employment Authorization</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-11"><span class="citation">11 USCIS-PM</span> - <span>Volume 11 - Travel and Identity Documents</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM</span> - <span>Volume 12 - Citizenship and Naturalization</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>This technical update clarifies that, in circumstances involving the replacement or reissuance of a Permanent Resident Card, an Application to Replace Permanent Resident Card (Form I-90) is always required as outlined in form instructions and regulations. This may differ from the general reissuance policy.</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-11-part-a-chapter-3"><span class="citation">11 USCIS-PM A.3</span> - <span>Chapter 3 - Reissuance of Secure Identity Documents</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2019-08-28T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">August 28, 2019</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to address requirements for āresidenceā in statutory provisions related to citizenship, and to rescind previous guidance regarding children of U.S. government employees and members of the U.S. armed forces employed or stationed outside the United States. This guidance becomes effective October 29, 2019.</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12-part-h"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM H</span> - <span>Part H - Children of U.S. Citizens</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12-part-i"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM I</span> - <span>Part I - Military Members and their Families</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2019-08-19T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">August 19, 2019</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is updating its existing policies on the exercise of discretion to address the use of discretion when assessing if certain foreign nationals who are paroled into the United States should be employment authorized.</p></div> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2019-06-06T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">June 06, 2019</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>This technical update changes language to state that USCIS officers āmayā refer proposed civil surgeon designation revocations to the USCIS Office of the Chief Counsel for review. Previously, the language specified that USCIS counsel āmustā review any proposed civil surgeon designation revocation.</p> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>This technical update incorporates clarifications regarding the Department of State (DOS)'s "90-day rule." While this "rule" does not apply to USCIS because it is DOS policy, USCIS is clarifying that it may also find that an applicant made a willful misrepresentation due to a status violation or conduct in the United States that is inconsistent with the applicant's prior representations, especially where the violation or conduct occurred shortly after the consular interview or admission to the United States.</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-8-part-j-chapter-3"><span class="citation">8 USCIS-PM J.3</span> - <span>Chapter 3 - Adjudicating Inadmissibility</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2019-05-10T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">May 10, 2019</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is updating policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual regarding services USCIS provides to the public, including general administration of certain immigration benefits, online tools, and up-to-date information.</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-1-part-a"><span class="citation">1 USCIS-PM A</span> - <span>Part A - Public Services</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div class="pm-resource__update_header">Technical Update - Medical Certification for Disability Exceptions</div> |
| | | <div><br><time datetime="2019-05-03T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">May 03, 2019</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p><span>This technical update incorporates minor clarifying editorial changes to the policy guidance regarding the Medical Certification for Disability Exceptions (Form N-648).</span></p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12-part-e-chapter-3"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM E.3</span> - <span>Chapter 3 - Medical Disability Exception (Form N-648)</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2019-05-03T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">May 03, 2019</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>This technical update removes references to sending documents to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) by mail or fax. CDC now prefers all requests for waiver consultations and any subsequent notifications from USCIS to be communicated by email.</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-9-part-d-chapter-2"><span class="citation">9 USCIS-PM D.2</span> - <span>Chapter 2 - Waiver of Communicable Disease of Public Health Significance</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-9-part-d-chapter-4"><span class="citation">9 USCIS-PM D.4</span> - <span>Chapter 4 - Waiver of Physical or Mental Disorder Accompanied by Harmful Behavior</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2019-04-19T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">April 19, 2019</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p><span>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to clarify that violation of federal controlled substance law, including for marijuana, remains a conditional bar to establishing good moral character (GMC) for naturalization even where that conduct would not be an offense under state law.</span></p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12-part-f-chapter-5"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM F.5</span> - <span>Chapter 5 - Conditional Bars for Acts in Statutory Period</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div class="pm-resource__update_header">Technical Update - Implementation of Policy Guidance on Medical Certification for Disability Exceptions (Form N-648)</div> |
| | | <div><br><time datetime="2019-02-12T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">February 12, 2019</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>āThis technical update incorporates into Volume 12 the policy guidance that U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) announced December 12, 2018 regarding the Medical Certification for Disability Exceptions (Form N-648). This guidance became effective February 12, 2019.</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12-part-e-chapter-3"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM E.3</span> - <span>Chapter 3 - Medical Disability Exception (Form N-648)</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2019-02-06T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">February 06, 2019</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>āThis technical update removes language that restricted USCIS officersā ability to request a visa number from the Department of State in cases involving visa retrogression. As with all INA 245(a) adjustment cases, a visa must be available at the time of final adjudication.</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-7-part-a-chapter-6"><span class="citation">7 USCIS-PM A.6</span> - <span>Chapter 6 - Adjudicative Review</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2019-01-23T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">January 23, 2019</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>This technical update clarifies that certain child beneficiaries of family-sponsored immigrant visa petitions who are ineligible for the Child Status Protection Act may continue their adjustment of status application if the petition is automatically converted to an eligible category.</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-7-part-a-chapter-7"><span class="citation">7 USCIS-PM A.7</span> - <span>Chapter 7 - Child Status Protection Act</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2019-01-16T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">January 16, 2019</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to address the general policies and procedures related to secure documents.</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-11-part-a"><span class="citation">11 USCIS-PM A</span> - <span>Part A - Secure Identity Documents Policies and Procedures</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2018-12-12T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">December 12, 2018</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to update and clarify filing procedures and adjudications on the Medical Certification for Disability Exceptions (Form N-648). This guidance becomes effective February 12, 2019.</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12-part-e-chapter-3"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM E.3</span> - <span>Chapter 3 - Medical Disability Exception (Form N-648)</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2018-10-30T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">October 30, 2018</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is revising policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to clarify its policy on debt arrangements.</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-6-part-g-chapter-2"><span class="citation">6 USCIS-PM G.2</span> - <span>Chapter 2 - Immigrant Petition Eligibility Requirements</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2018-10-25T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">October 25, 2018</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is updating policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to remove references to Biographic Information (Form G-325A).</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-7-part-a"><span class="citation">7 USCIS-PM A</span> - <span>Part A - Adjustment of Status Policies and Procedures</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-7-part-b"><span class="citation">7 USCIS-PM B</span> - <span>Part B - 245(a) Adjustment</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-7-part-f"><span class="citation">7 USCIS-PM F</span> - <span>Part F - Special Immigrant-Based Adjustment</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-7-part-l"><span class="citation">7 USCIS-PM L</span> - <span>Part L - Refugee Adjustment</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-7-part-m"><span class="citation">7 USCIS-PM M</span> - <span>Part M - Asylee Adjustment</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-7-part-o"><span class="citation">7 USCIS-PM O</span> - <span>Part O - Registration</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2018-10-16T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">October 16, 2018</time> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2018-10-12T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">October 12, 2018</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is updating policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to clarify the marriage and living in marital union requirements under section 319(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA).</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12-part-g-chapter-2"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM G.2</span> - <span>Chapter 2 - Marriage and Marital Union for Naturalization</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2018-09-26T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">September 26, 2018</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance to amend the USCIS Policy Manual to clarify certain special naturalization provisions for children.</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12-part-g-chapter-3"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM G.3</span> - <span>Chapter 3 - Spouses of U.S. Citizens Residing in the United States</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12-part-h-chapter-6"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM H.6</span> - <span>Chapter 6 - Special Provisions for the Naturalization of Children</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div class="pm-resource__update_header">Technical Update - Authorized Medical Professionals</div> |
| | | <div><br><time datetime="2018-09-26T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">September 26, 2018</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>This technical update provides clarification on the medical professionals (medical doctors, doctors of osteopathy, and clinical psychologists) authorized to complete a written evaluation of medical condition in connection with an oath waiver request.</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12-part-j-chapter-3"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM J.3</span> - <span>Chapter 3 - Oath of Allegiance Modifications and Waivers</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2018-08-24T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">August 24, 2018</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is updating guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual regarding a regional centerās geographic area, requests to expand the geographic area, and how such requests impact the filing of Form I-526, Immigrant Petition by Alien Entrepreneur.</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-6-part-g"><span class="citation">6 USCIS-PM G</span> - <span>Part G - Investors</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>This technical update clarifies that a person who is born a U.S. national and is the child of a U.S. citizen may acquire citizenship and may obtain a Certificate of Citizenship without having to establish lawful permanent resident status.</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12-part-h-chapter-4"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM H.4</span> - <span>Chapter 4 - Automatic Acquisition of Citizenship after Birth (INA 320)</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2018-07-26T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">July 26, 2018</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>This technical update clarifies that the rescission of the policy regarding the tenant-occupancy methodology does not affect petitions pending on May 15, 2018 (the date USCIS announced the rescission).</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-6-part-g-chapter-2"><span class="citation">6 USCIS-PM G.2</span> - <span>Chapter 2 - Immigrant Petition Eligibility Requirements</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2018-05-23T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">May 23, 2018</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual regarding the Child Status Protection Act (CSPA).</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-7-part-a-chapter-7"><span class="citation">7 USCIS-PM A.7</span> - <span>Chapter 7 - Child Status Protection Act</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2018-05-15T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">May 15, 2018</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is revising policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to reflect that, as of May 15, 2018, USCIS no longer considers tenant occupancy to be a reasonable methodology to support economically or statistically valid forecasting tools.</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-6-part-g-chapter-2"><span class="citation">6 USCIS-PM G.2</span> - <span>Chapter 2 - Immigrant Petition Eligibility Requirements</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2018-05-15T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">May 15, 2018</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is updating guidance regarding adjustment of status interview guidelines and interview waivers.</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-7-part-a-chapter-5"><span class="citation">7 USCIS-PM A.5</span> - <span>Chapter 5 - Interview Guidelines</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2018-05-02T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">May 02, 2018</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is updating policy guidance regarding the documentation of conditional permanent resident (CPR) status for employment-based fifth preference (EB-5) immigrants.</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-6-part-g-chapter-5"><span class="citation">6 USCIS-PM G.5</span> - <span>Chapter 5 - Project Applications</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is updating policy guidance to clarify certain requirements for U.S. citizenship for children born outside the United States and out of wedlock under INA 301 and 309. USCIS is making conforming edits to the USCIS nationality charts.</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12-part-h-chapter-3"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM H.3</span> - <span>Chapter 3 - U.S. Citizens at Birth (INA 301 and 309)</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2018-03-28T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">March 28, 2018</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>This technical update incorporates changes that the Department of State (DOS) made to its Foreign Affairs Manual (FAM) regarding its interpretation of the term āmisrepresentation.ā</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-8-part-j-chapter-3"><span class="citation">8 USCIS-PM J.3</span> - <span>Chapter 3 - Adjudicating Inadmissibility</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2018-03-21T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">March 21, 2018</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>This technical update clarifies that the Secretary of Homeland Security has, through the Director of USCIS, delegated the authority to administer the Oath during an administrative naturalization ceremony to certain USCIS officials who can successively re-delegate the authority within their chains of command.</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12-part-j-chapter-2"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM J.2</span> - <span>Chapter 2 - The Oath of Allegiance</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>This technical update clarifies that foreign nationals may apply for military naturalization after the certification of honorable service has been properly processed by the U.S. armed forces.</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12-part-i-chapter-3"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM I.3</span> - <span>Chapter 3 - Military Service during Hostilities (INA 329)</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2017-08-23T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">August 23, 2017</time> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-9-part-a"><span class="citation">9 USCIS-PM A</span> - <span>Part A - Waiver Policies and Procedures</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2017-07-26T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">July 26, 2017</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is updating policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to specify that every naturalization applicant must provide biometrics regardless of age, unless the applicant qualifies for a fingerprint waiver due to certain medical conditions.</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12-part-b-chapter-2"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM B.2</span> - <span>Chapter 2 - Background and Security Checks</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div class="pm-resource__update_header">POLICY ALERT - Administrative Naturalization Ceremonies</div> |
| | | <div><br><time datetime="2017-06-28T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">June 28, 2017</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is updating policy guidance on USCIS administrative naturalization ceremonies, to include guidance regarding participation from other U.S. government and non-governmental entities.</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12-part-j-chapter-5"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM J.5</span> - <span>Chapter 5 - Administrative Naturalization Ceremonies</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2017-06-14T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">June 14, 2017</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is updating the USCIS Policy Manual to provide further guidance regarding the job creation and capital at risk requirements for Form I-526, Immigrant Petition by Alien Entrepreneur, and Form I-829, Petition by Entrepreneur to Remove Conditions on Permanent Resident Status.</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-6-part-g"><span class="citation">6 USCIS-PM G</span> - <span>Part G - Investors</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div class="pm-resource__update_header">Technical Update - Medical Codes for Purposes of Medical Certification for Disability Exceptions</div> |
| | | <div><br><time datetime="2017-01-05T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">January 05, 2017</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>This technical update clarifies that, for purposes of Form N-648, Medical Certification for Disability Exceptions, USCIS accepts the relevant medical codes recognized by the Department of Health and Human Services. This includes codes found in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders and the International Classification of Diseases.</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12-part-e-chapter-3"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM E.3</span> - <span>Chapter 3 - Medical Disability Exception (Form N-648)</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div class="pm-resource__update_header">Technical Update - Clarifying Intent to Reside in United States for Naturalization Purposes</div> |
| | | <div><br><time datetime="2017-01-05T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">January 05, 2017</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>This technical update clarifies that naturalization applicants are not required to intend to reside permanently in the United States after becoming U.S. citizens. This update is in accordance with current statutes; prior to 1994, a person who became a naturalized U.S. citizen was expected to hold the intention of residing permanently in the United States. See Section 104 of the Immigration and Nationality Technical Corrections Act of 1994, Pub. L. 103-416 (October 25, 1994).</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12-part-d-chapter-7"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM D.7</span> - <span>Chapter 7 - Attachment to the Constitution</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2016-12-21T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">December 21, 2016</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance addressing registration of lawful permanent resident (LPR) status.</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-7-part-o"><span class="citation">7 USCIS-PM O</span> - <span>Part O - Registration</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2016-12-14T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">December 14, 2016</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing guidance to address the false claim to U.S. citizenship ground of inadmissibility under section 212(a)(6)(C)(ii) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA). </p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-8-part-k"><span class="citation">8 USCIS-PM K</span> - <span>Part K - False Claim to U.S. Citizenship</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div class="pm-resource__update_header">Technical Update - Clarifying Designated Periods of Hostilities for Naturalization under INA 329</div> |
| | | <div><br><time datetime="2016-12-13T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">December 13, 2016</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>This technical update clarifies that, for purposes of naturalization under INA 329, the current period designated by Presidential Executive Order 13269 (July 3, 2002), as a period in which the U.S. armed forces are considered to be engaged in armed conflict with a hostile foreign force, is still in effect. In addition, this update adds information about the USCIS Military Help Line in this part.</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12-part-i-chapter-1"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM I.1</span> - <span>Chapter 1 - Purpose and Background</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12-part-i-chapter-3"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM I.3</span> - <span>Chapter 3 - Military Service during Hostilities (INA 329)</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div class="pm-resource__update_header">POLICY ALERT - Employment-Based Fifth Preference Immigrants: Investors</div> |
| | | <div><br><time datetime="2016-11-30T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">November 30, 2016</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance regarding the eligibility requirements for regional centers and immigrant investors.</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-6-part-g"><span class="citation">6 USCIS-PM G</span> - <span>Part G - Investors</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div class="pm-resource__update_header">POLICY ALERT - Definition of Certain Classes of Medical Conditions and Other Updates Relating to Health-Related Grounds of Inadmissibility</div> |
| | | <div><br><time datetime="2016-11-02T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">November 02, 2016</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is updating guidance regarding health-related grounds of inadmissibility in accordance with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) rulemaking updating Title 42 of the Code of Federal Regulations, part 34 (42 CFR 34).</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-8-part-b"><span class="citation">8 USCIS-PM B</span> - <span>Part B - Health-Related Grounds of Inadmissibility</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2016-10-26T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">October 26, 2016</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance regarding the special immigrant juvenile (SIJ) classification and special immigrant-based (EB-4) adjustment of status, including adjustment based on classification as a special immigrant religious worker, SIJ, and G-4 international organization or NATO-6 employee or family member, among others.</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-6-part-j"><span class="citation">6 USCIS-PM J</span> - <span>Part J - Special Immigrant Juveniles</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-7-part-f"><span class="citation">7 USCIS-PM F</span> - <span>Part F - Special Immigrant-Based Adjustment</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2016-10-21T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">October 21, 2016</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance on determinations of extreme hardship to qualifying relatives as required by certain statutory waiver provisions. This guidance becomes effective December 5, 2016.</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-9-part-b"><span class="citation">9 USCIS-PM B</span> - <span>Part B - Extreme Hardship</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div class="pm-resource__update_header">Technical Update - Military Accessions Vital to National Interest Program and Time of Filing for Naturalization</div> |
| | | <div><br><time datetime="2016-10-19T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">October 19, 2016</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>This technical update clarifies that, in general, Department of Defense (DOD) Military Accessions Vital to National Interest (MAVNI) enlistees may file an application for naturalization during basic training in the U.S. armed forces.</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12-part-i-chapter-3"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM I.3</span> - <span>Chapter 3 - Military Service during Hostilities (INA 329)</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2016-08-03T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">August 03, 2016</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance to provide information about the existing Department of Defense (DOD) Military Accessions Vital to National Interest (MAVNI) Program.</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12-part-i-chapter-3"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM I.3</span> - <span>Chapter 3 - Military Service during Hostilities (INA 329)</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2016-07-27T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">July 27, 2016</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance regarding the date of legal permanent residence (LPR) for naturalization and citizenship purposes. </p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12-part-d-chapter-2"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM D.2</span> - <span>Chapter 2 - Lawful Permanent Resident Admission for Naturalization</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12-part-h-chapter-4"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM H.4</span> - <span>Chapter 4 - Automatic Acquisition of Citizenship after Birth (INA 320)</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div class="pm-resource__update_header">POLICY ALERT - Removing Obsolete Form I-643 from Filing Requirements for Certain Adjustment Applications</div> |
| | | <div><br><time datetime="2016-06-22T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">June 22, 2016</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is updating policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to remove obsolete Form I-643, Health and Human Services Statistical Data for Refugee/Asylee Adjusting Status, from the filing requirements for applications for adjustment of status under section 209 of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA).</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-7-part-l-chapter-4"><span class="citation">7 USCIS-PM L.4</span> - <span>Chapter 4 - Documentation and Evidence</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2016-02-25T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">February 25, 2016</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance addressing the general policies and procedures of adjustment of status as well as adjustment under section 245(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA).</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-7-part-a"><span class="citation">7 USCIS-PM A</span> - <span>Part A - Adjustment of Status Policies and Procedures</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-7-part-b"><span class="citation">7 USCIS-PM B</span> - <span>Part B - 245(a) Adjustment</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2015-11-10T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">November 10, 2015</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance regarding the foreign information media representative nonimmigrant visa classification, commonly known as the āIā visa category.</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-2-part-k"><span class="citation">2 USCIS-PM K</span> - <span>Part K - Media Representatives (I)</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2015-07-21T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">July 21, 2015</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance to clarify the eligibility requirements for modifications to the Oath of Renunciation and Allegiance for naturalization.</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12-part-j-chapter-3"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM J.3</span> - <span>Chapter 3 - Oath of Allegiance Modifications and Waivers</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2015-07-20T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">July 20, 2015</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>This technical update clarifies that along with reviewing for absences of more than 6 months, officers review whether an applicant for naturalization with multiple absences of less than 6 months is able establish the required residence and physical presence for naturalization.</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12-part-d-chapter-3"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM D.3</span> - <span>Chapter 3 - Continuous Residence</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2015-07-20T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">July 20, 2015</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>This technical update clarifies that the child of a U.S. government employee temporarily stationed abroad is considered to be residing in the United States for purposes of acquisition of citizenship under INA 320.</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12-part-h-chapter-4"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM H.4</span> - <span>Chapter 4 - Automatic Acquisition of Citizenship after Birth (INA 320)</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12-part-k-chapter-2"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM K.2</span> - <span>Chapter 2 - Certificate of Citizenship</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2014-10-28T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">October 28, 2014</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance relating to the use of Assisted Reproductive Technology (ART).</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12-part-h"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM H</span> - <span>Part H - Children of U.S. Citizens</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12-part-h-chapter-2"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM H.2</span> - <span>Chapter 2 - Definition of Child and Residence for Citizenship and Naturalization</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12-part-h-chapter-3"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM H.3</span> - <span>Chapter 3 - U.S. Citizens at Birth (INA 301 and 309)</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12-part-h-chapter-4"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM H.4</span> - <span>Chapter 4 - Automatic Acquisition of Citizenship after Birth (INA 320)</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12-part-h-chapter-5"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM H.5</span> - <span>Chapter 5 - Child Residing Outside the United States (INA 322)</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div class="pm-resource__update_header">Technical Update - Religious Missionaries Abroad and Residence and Physical Presence</div> |
| | | <div><br><time datetime="2014-10-21T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">October 21, 2014</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>This technical update clarifies who may be considered to be a missionary of a religious group for purposes of preserving residence and physical presence for naturalization while working abroad.</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12-part-d-chapter-5"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM D.5</span> - <span>Chapter 5 - Modifications and Exceptions to Continuous Residence and Physical Presence</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div class="pm-resource__update_header">Technical Update - Treating Certain Peace Corps Contractors as U.S. Government Employees</div> |
| | | <div><br><time datetime="2014-10-21T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">October 21, 2014</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>This technical update clarifies that Peace Corps personal service contractors are considered U.S. Government employees under certain circumstances for purposes of preserving their residence for naturalization while working abroad.</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12-part-d-chapter-5"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM D.5</span> - <span>Chapter 5 - Modifications and Exceptions to Continuous Residence and Physical Presence</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2014-09-09T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">September 09, 2014</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance on the trainees (H-3) nonimmigrant visa category. </p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-2-part-j"><span class="citation">2 USCIS-PM J</span> - <span>Part J - Trainees (H-3)</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2014-08-26T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">August 26, 2014</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance on its standards in customer service.</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-1-part-a"><span class="citation">1 USCIS-PM A</span> - <span>Part A - Public Services</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2014-07-01T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">July 01, 2014</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>This technical update addresses the Supreme Court ruling holding that Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA) is unconstitutional.</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12-part-g-chapter-2"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM G.2</span> - <span>Chapter 2 - Marriage and Marital Union for Naturalization</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2014-06-17T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">June 17, 2014</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance relating to changes of dates of birth and names per court orders.</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12-part-k-chapter-2"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM K.2</span> - <span>Chapter 2 - Certificate of Citizenship</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-12-part-k-chapter-4"><span class="citation">12 USCIS-PM K.4</span> - <span>Chapter 4 - Application for Replacement of Naturalization/Citizenship Document</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div class="pm-resource__update_header">POLICY ALERT - Validity Period of the Medical Certification on the Report of Medical Examination and Vaccination Record (Form I-693)</div> |
| | | <div><br><time datetime="2014-05-30T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">May 30, 2014</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing an update to policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual addressing the validity period of civil surgeon endorsements on the Report of Medical Examination and Vaccination Record, Form I-693.</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-8-part-b-chapter-4"><span class="citation">8 USCIS-PM B.4</span> - <span>Chapter 4 - Review of Medical Examination Documentation</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2014-04-08T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">April 08, 2014</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>This technical update clarifies that an applicant for civil surgeon designation must, at a minimum, submit a copy of the medical degree to show he or she is a Medical Doctor or Doctor of Osteopathy.</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-8-part-c-chapter-2"><span class="citation">8 USCIS-PM C.2</span> - <span>Chapter 2 - Application for Civil Surgeon Designation</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2014-03-25T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">March 25, 2014</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing guidance on the fraud and willful misrepresentation grounds of inadmissibility under INA 212(a)(6)(C)(i) and the corresponding waiver under INA 212(i).</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-8-part-j"><span class="citation">8 USCIS-PM J</span> - <span>Part J - Fraud and Willful Misrepresentation</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-9-part-f"><span class="citation">9 USCIS-PM F</span> - <span>Part F - Fraud and Willful Misrepresentation</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div><br><time datetime="2014-03-11T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">March 11, 2014</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>This technical update replaces the list of vaccines contraindicated for pregnant or immuno-compromised applicants with a reference to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)'s Vaccination Technical Instructions. This ensures the Policy Manual guidance includes the most up-to-date information.</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-8-part-b-chapter-9"><span class="citation">8 USCIS-PM B.9</span> - <span>Chapter 9 - Vaccination Requirement</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div class="pm-resource__update_header">POLICY ALERT - Refugee and Asylee-Based Adjustment of Status under Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) Section 209</div> |
| | | <div><br><time datetime="2014-03-04T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">March 04, 2014</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to address adjustment of status applications filed by refugees and asylees under INA sections 209(a) and 209(b).</p></div> |
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| | | <p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-7-part-l"><span class="citation">7 USCIS-PM L</span> - <span>Part L - Refugee Adjustment</span></a></p><p class="affected-sections"><a href="/policy-manual/volume-7-part-m"><span class="citation">7 USCIS-PM M</span> - <span>Part M - Asylee Adjustment</span></a></p> |
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| | | <div class="pm-resource__update_header">POLICY ALERT - Civil Surgeon Designation and Centralization of the Designation Process at the National Benefits Center</div> |
| | | <div><br><time datetime="2014-01-28T12:00:00Z" class="datetime">January 28, 2014</time> |
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| | | <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field__item"><p>U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) is issuing policy guidance in the USCIS Policy Manual to centralize the civil surgeon designation process at the National Benefits Center, effective March 11, 2014.</p></div> |
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